Disclosing conflicts of interest in German publications concerning health services research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The influence of the pharmaceutical industry and other stakeholders on medical science has been increasingly criticised. When dealing with conflicts of interest in scientific publications it is important to ensure the best possible transparency. The objective of this work is to examine the disclosure practice of financial and non-financial conflicts of interest in German language publications concerning health services research for the first time.

Methods

We performed a systematic literature search in the PubMed data base using the MeSH term "health services research". The review was conducted on July 10, 2006, setting the limits "dates: published in the last 2 years" and "languages: German" (only articles with abstracts). 124 articles in 31 magazines were found.

SUBMITTER: Schneider N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1905913 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature