Financial relationships between patient and consumer representatives and the health industry: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients and consumers are increasingly engaged in health policymaking, research and drug regulation. Having financial relationships with the health industry creates situations of conflicts of interest (COI) and might compromise their meaningful and unbiased participation.

Objective

To synthesize available evidence on the financial relationships between the health industry and patient and consumer representatives and their organizations.

Methods

We systematically searched MEDLINE and EMBASE. We selected studies and abstracted data in duplicate and independently. We reported on outcomes related to financial relationships of individuals with, and/or funding of organizations by the health industry.

Results

We identified a total of 14 510 unique citation

SUBMITTER: Khabsa J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7104632 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature