Accuracy of Financial Disclosures in Radiology Journals.

Industry open payments radiology journals

Journal

Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR
ISSN: 1558-349X
Titre abrégé: J Am Coll Radiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101190326

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
23 Mar 2024
Historique:
received: 17 12 2023
revised: 28 01 2024
accepted: 29 01 2024
medline: 26 3 2024
pubmed: 26 3 2024
entrez: 25 3 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The accuracy and completeness of self-disclosures for value of industry payments by authors publishing in radiology journals are not well known. The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of financial disclosures by US authors in five prominent radiology journals. We reviewed financial disclosures provided by US-based authors in five prominent radiology journals from original research and review articles published in 2021. For each author, payment reports were extracted from the Open Payments Database (OPD) in the previous 36 months related to general category, research, and ownership payments categories. We analyzed each author individually to determine if the reported disclosures matched results from OPD. A total of 4076 authorships, including 3406 unique authors, were selected from 643 articles across the five journals. 1388 (1032 unique authors) received industry payments within the previous 36 months, with a median total amount received per authorship of $6,650 (interquartile range = $355 to $87,725). 61 (4.4%) authors disclosed all industry relationships, 205 (14.8%) disclosed some of the OPD-reported relationships, and 1122 (80.8%) failed to disclose any relationship. Undisclosed payments totaled $186,578,350 representing 67.2% of all payments. Radiology had the highest proportion of authorships who disclosed some or all OPD-reported relationships (32.3%), compared to JVIR (18.2%), AJNR (17.3%), JACR (13.1%), and AJR (10.3%). Financial relationships with industry are common among US physician authors in prominent radiology journals and non-disclosure rates are high.

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BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The accuracy and completeness of self-disclosures for value of industry payments by authors publishing in radiology journals are not well known.
OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of financial disclosures by US authors in five prominent radiology journals.
METHODS METHODS
We reviewed financial disclosures provided by US-based authors in five prominent radiology journals from original research and review articles published in 2021. For each author, payment reports were extracted from the Open Payments Database (OPD) in the previous 36 months related to general category, research, and ownership payments categories. We analyzed each author individually to determine if the reported disclosures matched results from OPD.
RESULTS RESULTS
A total of 4076 authorships, including 3406 unique authors, were selected from 643 articles across the five journals. 1388 (1032 unique authors) received industry payments within the previous 36 months, with a median total amount received per authorship of $6,650 (interquartile range = $355 to $87,725). 61 (4.4%) authors disclosed all industry relationships, 205 (14.8%) disclosed some of the OPD-reported relationships, and 1122 (80.8%) failed to disclose any relationship. Undisclosed payments totaled $186,578,350 representing 67.2% of all payments. Radiology had the highest proportion of authorships who disclosed some or all OPD-reported relationships (32.3%), compared to JVIR (18.2%), AJNR (17.3%), JACR (13.1%), and AJR (10.3%).
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Financial relationships with industry are common among US physician authors in prominent radiology journals and non-disclosure rates are high.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38527639
pii: S1546-1440(24)00302-8
doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2024.01.027
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Auteurs

Dheeman Futela (D)

Yale University, New Haven, CT USA. Electronic address: dheemanf04@gmail.com.

Mihir Khunte (M)

Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Electronic address: mihir.khunte@yale.edu.

Suryansh Bajaj (S)

Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine. Electronic address: suryanshbajaj26@gmail.com.

Seyedmehdi Payabvash (S)

Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine. Electronic address: spayab@gmail.com.

Dheeraj Gandhi (D)

Professor and Director, Interventional Neuroradiology; Professor of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine. Electronic address: dgandhi@umm.edu.

Max Wintermark (M)

Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroradiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: max.wintermark@gmail.com.

Ajay Malhotra (A)

Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine Box 208042, Tompkins East 2 333 Cedar St New Haven, CT 06520-8042. Electronic address: ajay.malhotra@yale.edu.

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