Elie A. Akl

Clinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon | Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada | Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

[ 1 ] - Reporting of Financial and Non-financial Conflicts of Interest in Systematic Reviews on Health Policy and Systems Research: A Cross Sectional Survey

Background Systematic reviews are increasingly used to inform health policy-making. 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. ...