This statistic displays the U.S. doctors who received the highest number of payments by pharma and medtech companies during 2018. It was found that psychiatrist Rakesh Jain from Lake Jackson, Texas, got paid 1,140 times during that year, which was the highest number in the United States.
U.S. doctors with highest number of payments by pharma and medtech companies in 2018
Name (specialty)
Number of payments
Rakesh Jain (psychiatry)
1,140
Jason Kellogg (psychiatry)
961
Robert Busch (endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism)
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ProPublica. (October 17, 2019). U.S. doctors with highest number of payments by pharma and medtech companies in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/663871/most-often-paid-doctors-by-pharma-and-medtech-companies-in-us/
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ProPublica. (2019). U.S. doctors with highest number of payments by pharma and medtech companies in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/663871/most-often-paid-doctors-by-pharma-and-medtech-companies-in-us/
ProPublica. "U.S. Doctors with Highest Number of Payments by Pharma and Medtech Companies in 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Oct 2019, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/663871/most-often-paid-doctors-by-pharma-and-medtech-companies-in-us/
ProPublica, U.S. doctors with highest number of payments by pharma and medtech companies in 2018 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/663871/most-often-paid-doctors-by-pharma-and-medtech-companies-in-us/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
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