From: Advertising and disclosure of funding on patient organisation websites: a cross-sectional survey
Disease group & no. of patient organisation websites | Annual report available from website | Median Net assets ($000,000s) [n]b | Median annual revenuec ($000,000s) [n] | Donationsd received as proportion of revenue; median [n] | Corporate donationse as prop. of revenue; median [n] | Median no. (range) Pharma sponsors (Website)f | Median no. (range) Pharma sponsors (Ann. report) |
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Arthritis (5) | 4 | 5.2 [4] | 5.3 [3] | 0.52 [3] | 0.07 [1] | 8.5 (5–10) | 3.5 (0–19) |
Asthma (7) | 4 | 4.7 [4] | 5.0 [4] | 0.65 [4] | 0.32 [2] | 4 (0–14) | 6.5 (0–9) |
Cancer (5) | 4 | 630.0 [3] | 260.0 [4] | 0.58 [3] | 0.05 [1] | 0 (0–2) | 3 (0–8) |
Cystic fibrosis (5) | 4 | 1.0 [3] | 6.3 [3] | 0.55 [3] | - | 0 (0–2) | 2.5 (0–10) |
Diabetes (8) | 4 | 20.7 [3] | 98.0 [3] | 0.77 [3] | - | 2 (0–15) | 14.5 (1–29) |
Depression (9) | 1 | 1.1 [1] | 3.0 [1] | 0.92 [1] | - | 0 | 11 |
Epilepsy (8) | 4 | 1.9 [3] | 4.5 [4] | 0.58 [4] | - | 0.5 (0–6) | 3.5 (0–8) |
Heart disease (8) | 5 | 47.0 [3] | 140.0 [4] | 0.65 [4] | 0.65 [1] | 2 (0–7) | 1 (0–38) |
Osteoporosis (6) | 4 | 7.2 [3] | 4.9 [4] | 0.66 [4] | 0.38 [1] | 3.5 (0–21) | 11 (6–13) |
Parkinson's (7) | 3 | 22.0 [2] | 9.5 [3] | 0.78 [3] | 0.07 [1] | 1 (0–11) | 7 (0–17) |
Total (n = 69) | 37 | 13.0 [29] | 11.0 [33] | 0.68 [32] | 0.11 [7] | 1 (0–21) | 6 (0–38) |