From: Advertising and disclosure of funding on patient organisation websites: a cross-sectional survey
Country & 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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Australia (11) | 4 | 12.0 [2] | 51.0 [4] | 0.79 [4] | - | 0 (0–9) | 3 (1–7) |
Canada (12) | 6 | - | 5.7 [3] | 0.70 [3] | 0.22 [2] | 1.5 (0–7) | 7.5 (0–24) |
S. Africa (7) | 1 | 16.0 [1] | 8.8 [3] | 0.10 [1] | 0.05 [1] | 0 | 0 |
UK (15) | 9 | 8.0 [9] | 17.0 [8] | 0.64 [8] | 0.11 [1] | 1 (0–8) | 4 (0–9) |
USA (16) | 13 | 44.0 [13] | 24.0 [13] | 0.65 [12] | 0.30 [2] | 0 (0–15) | 10 (0–38) |
Global (8) | 4 | 1.3 [4] | 1.3 [4] | 0.69 [4] | 0.65 [1] | 4.5 (0–21) | 0.5 (0–13) |
Total (69) [%] | 37 [54%] | 13.0 [29] | 11.0 [33] | 0.68 [32] | 0.11 [7] | 1 (0–21) | 6 (0–38) |