Reporting of Financial and Non-Financial Conflicts of Interest in Systematic Reviews on Health Policy and Systems Research: a methodological survey

Systematic reviews are increasingly used to inform health policymaking. The conflicts of interest (COI) of the authors of systematic reviews may bias their results and influence their conclusions. This may in turn lead to misguided public policies and systems level decisions. In order to mitigate the adverse impact of COI, scientific journals require authors to disclose their COIs. The objective of this study was to assess the frequency and different types of COI that authors of systematic reviews on Health Policy and Systems Research report. The study found that the majority of systematic reviews included authors’ COI disclosures. Of the 160 systematic reviews that included COI disclosures, 15% had at least one author reporting at least one type of COI.

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Bou-Karroum L, Hakoum MB, Hammoud MZ, Khamis A, Al-Gibbawi M, Badour Set al. Reporting of Financial and Non-Financial Conflicts of Interest in Systematic Reviews on Health Policy and Systems Research: a methodological survey. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2018;7(8):711-7. doi:10.15171/IJHPM.2017.146