Are hospitals who limit ties with drug companies at a competitive disadvantage? | KevinMD.com.
KevinMD asks an interesting question, and goes on to summarize:
In a lot of ways, this is similar to the college recruiting of athletes. Schools that have rigorous academic requirements put themselves at a competitive disadvantage athletically. The same could be said for hospitals, who risk driving away doctors by limiting their ties with drug companies.
My own take is simply “absolutely not”.
On the related posts several other drug company / physician ethics / commercial questions are raised.
