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Physician-industry cooperation in the medical device industry.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Chatterji, AK; Fabrizio, KR; Mitchell, W; Schulman, KA
Published in: Health Aff (Millwood)
2008

Anecdotal evidence suggests that innovative medical devices often arise from physicians' inventive activity, but no studies have documented the extent of such physician-engaged innovation. This paper uses patent data and the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile to provide evidence that physicians contribute to medical device innovation, accounting for almost 20 percent of approximately 26,000 medical device patents filed in the United States during 1990-1996. Moreover, two measures indicate that physician patents had more influence on subsequent inventive activity than nonphysician patents. This finding supports the maintenance of an open environment for physician-industry collaboration in the medical device discovery process.

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Health Aff (Millwood)

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EISSN

1544-5208

Publication Date

2008

Volume

27

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1532 / 1543

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Physicians
  • Patents as Topic
  • Organizational Policy
  • Industry
  • Humans
  • Health Policy & Services
  • Equipment and Supplies
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4203 Health services and systems
 

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Chatterji, A. K., Fabrizio, K. R., Mitchell, W., & Schulman, K. A. (2008). Physician-industry cooperation in the medical device industry. Health Aff (Millwood), 27(6), 1532–1543. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.27.6.1532
Chatterji, Aaron K., Kira R. Fabrizio, Will Mitchell, and Kevin A. Schulman. “Physician-industry cooperation in the medical device industry.Health Aff (Millwood) 27, no. 6 (2008): 1532–43. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.27.6.1532.
Chatterji AK, Fabrizio KR, Mitchell W, Schulman KA. Physician-industry cooperation in the medical device industry. Health Aff (Millwood). 2008;27(6):1532–43.
Chatterji, Aaron K., et al. “Physician-industry cooperation in the medical device industry.Health Aff (Millwood), vol. 27, no. 6, 2008, pp. 1532–43. Pubmed, doi:10.1377/hlthaff.27.6.1532.
Chatterji AK, Fabrizio KR, Mitchell W, Schulman KA. Physician-industry cooperation in the medical device industry. Health Aff (Millwood). 2008;27(6):1532–1543.

Published In

Health Aff (Millwood)

DOI

EISSN

1544-5208

Publication Date

2008

Volume

27

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1532 / 1543

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Physicians
  • Patents as Topic
  • Organizational Policy
  • Industry
  • Humans
  • Health Policy & Services
  • Equipment and Supplies
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4203 Health services and systems