Requirements of health policy and services journals for authors to disclose financial and non-financial conflicts of interest: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Requirements for financial conflicts of interest (COI) disclosure (n = 62)^a

Variable	n (%)
Individuals required to disclose financial COI:
Authors	62 (100)
Family members	22 (35)
Institutions/associated departments	17 (27)
Other^b	1 (2)
Types of financial COI:
Stock ownership	51 (82)
Grant	49 (79)
Direct employment	49 (79)
Serving as an advisor, consultant, or public advocate	43 (69)
Personal fees	40 (65)
Disclosure of patents (planned, pending or issued)	40 (65)
Indirect financial support	37 (60)
Honoraria for speaking, writing or reviewing	29 (47)
Royalties	27 (44)
Speaker bureaus or board membership	23 (37)
Other^c	9 (15)
Not specified	6 (10)
Source of payment	44 (71)
Amount of payment	11 (18)
Irrespective of amount	7 (64)
For amounts above a specific cut-off value^d	4 (36)

^aJournals may have more than one option that applies; n = 62 refers to the policies that require the disclosure of at least one type of financial COI
^b‘Other’ includes medical writers and other contributors
^c‘Other’ includes mutual fund ownership (n = 4); economic and commercial (n = 1); commercial (n = 1); fiduciary interest (n = 1); sources of funds/earnings (n = 1); any financial relationships (n = 1)
^dThe respective cut-off values for the four journals were US $750.00 per year for three journals and $10,000 for one journal

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