It’s time for mandatory disclosure
Non-profit patient groups provide support services to patients and families, increase public awareness through educational outreach, participate in the development of clinical guidelines, lobby on policies affecting access and care, and invest in novel research on therapeutics. Although many focus on a particular disease, others focus on the needs and interests of healthcare consumers more generally.
Various sources provide financial assistance, including pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Given the considerable power of patient groups to influence healthcare policy and individual medical decision making, and given research documenting the effects of even small payments on physician practices,1 monetary relationships between patient groups and industry have prompted recent concern. In the linked paper (doi:10.1136/bmj.l6925), Fabbri and colleagues provide the first systematic review on this topic to examine the extent of ties between patient groups and industry, the policies of patient groups surrounding corporate sponsorship, and the effect of industry support on the public position statements made by patient groups.2 This builds on …

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公司赞助患者团体。

现在是强制披露的时候了。
非营利性患者团体可以为患者和家庭提供支持服务，通过教育活动提高公众意识，参与临床指南的制定，就影响获取和护理的政策进行游说，并投资于疗法的新研究。尽管许多人关注特定疾病，但其他人更关注医疗保健消费者的需求和利益。
包括制药和医疗设备公司在内的各种来源都提供了财政援助。鉴于患者群体具有相当大的力量来影响医疗保健政策和个人医疗决策，并且有研究记录了小额付款对医师执业的影响，1患者群体与行业之间的金钱关系引起了最近的关注。在链接的文件（doi：10.1136 / bmj.l6925）中，Fabbri及其同事对该主题进行了首次系统综述，以研究患者群体与行业之间的联系程度，围绕企业赞助的患者群体的政策以及企业赞助的影响。病人团体在公共立场声明上的行业支持。2这是基于…