| From disclosure to transparency: the use of company payment data. | |
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PMID: 20837820 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: It has become standard practice in medical journals to require authors to disclose their relationships with industry. However, these requirements vary among journals and often lack specificity. As a result, disclosures may not consistently reveal author-industry ties. METHODS: We examined the 2007 physician payment information from 5 orthopedic device companies to evaluate the current journal disclosure system. We compared company payment information for recipients of $1 million or more with disclosures in the recipients' journal articles. Payment data were obtained from Biomet, DePuy, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, and Zimmer. Disclosures were obtained in the acknowledgments section, conflict of interest statements, and financial disclosures of recipients' published articles. We also assessed variations in disclosure by authorship position, payment-article relatedness, and journal disclosure policies. RESULTS: Of the 41 individuals who received $1 million or more in 2007, 32 had published articles relating to orthopedics between January 1, 2008, and January 15, 2009. Disclosures of company payments varied considerably. Prominent authorship position and article-payment relatedness were associated with greater disclosure, although nondisclosure rates remained high (46% among first-, sole-, and senior-authored articles and 50% among articles directly or indirectly related to payments). The accuracy of disclosures did not vary with the strength of journals' disclosure policies. CONCLUSIONS: Current journal disclosure practices do not yield complete or consistent information regarding authors' industry ties. Medical journals, along with other medical institutions, should consider new strategies to facilitate accurate and complete transparency. |
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Authors:
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Susan Chimonas; Zachary Frosch; David J Rothman |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-09-13 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Archives of internal medicine Volume: 171 ISSN: 1538-3679 ISO Abbreviation: Arch. Intern. Med. Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-01-11 Completed Date: 2011-01-31 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372440 Medline TA: Arch Intern Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 81-6 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Center on Medicine as a Profession, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. |
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Authorship* Conflict of Interest Editorial Policies Health Care Sector / economics* Humans Journalism, Medical / standards* Orthopedic Fixation Devices / economics* Orthopedic Procedures / economics Periodicals as Topic Physicians / economics* Truth Disclosure* United States |
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Comment In:
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Arch Intern Med. 2011 Jan 10;171(1):94-5
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21220671
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