Healthcare Management: News. Views. Education

3 . 2023

Conflict of interest in medical practice: survey of the doctors

Abstract

Conflict of interest is referred to a situation in which someone’s private interests are opposed to that person’s responsibilities to other people. It can occurs in healthcare setting when doctors are working for a for-profit medical provider. A code of ethics are meant to prevent a conflict of interest however doctors in Russian Federation are not legally bound by ethical code of conduct.

The aim of the study is to conduct a survey among doctors in Russian Federation to reveal a conflict of interest in their practice.

Material and methods. The sample of respondents was 121 doctors, participants Forum "NEConference-2022" (July 16–17, 2022, St. Petersburg). Research method: sociological survey. Sampling method: random sampling.

Results. The study has revealed that doctors are reporting a conflict of interest in their healthcare practice. Some of the respondents reported that a conflict of interest is due to the doctor’s decision-making process commonly under pressure of the healthcare provider business practice. The authors are providing their recommendations the doctors and healthcare provider owners on how to avoid or alleviate such a conflict in their business practice.

Keywords:conflict of interest; medical ethics; survey of doctors; commercial interests of the clinic

Funding. The study had no sponsor support.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Contribution. Study concept and design, outcome analysis and writing – Rodin A.S.; organization and conduct of survey of respondents, collection and processing of material – Loskutova O.Yu.; statistical data processing, text editing – Sarbasheva P.A.; writing and editing the text – Grishin N.S.

For citation: Rodin A.S., Loskutova O.Yu., Sarbasheva P.A., Grishin N.S. Conflict of interest in medical practice: survey of the doctors. ORGZDRAV: novosti, mneniya, obuchenie. Vestnik VSHOUZ [HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT: News, Views, Education. Bulletin of VSHOUZ]. 2023; 9 (3): 28–35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2411-8621-2023-9-3-28-35 (in Russian)

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