Inadequate conflict of interest policies at most French teaching hospitals: A survey and website analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are 32 teaching hospitals in France, including 30 University hospitals and two Regional teaching hospitals. Teaching hospitals have three roles: health care provision, training of healthcare professionals, and medical research. These roles lead to frequent interactions with pharmaceutical and medical device companies, inevitably raising risks of conflicts of interests. Therefore, policies to manage conflict of interests (COI) are crucial. This study aims to examine COI policies in French teaching hospitals.

Methods

All French teaching hospitals (n = 32) were included in this study. All hospitals websites were screened for institutional COI policies and curriculum on COI, using standardized keyword searches. More data were collected through a questionnaire ad

SUBMITTER: Guy-Coichard C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6824557 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature