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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Bioethics. 2012 Apr 12;27(9):500–507. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2012.01972.x

Table 2.

Acceptability of Payment Depending on the Reason for Payment

Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree
Researchers should be permitted to offer money as reimbursement for research-related expenses – for example, travel and lodging . . . Healthy Volunteers 98% 1% 1%
Patient Volunteers – No Prospect of Direct Benefit 96% 2% 2%
Patient Volunteer – Prospect of Direct Benefit 94% 3% 3%
Researchers should be permitted to offer money as compensation for effort, time, or inconvenience . . . Healthy Volunteers 94% 2% 4%
Patient Volunteers – No Prospect of Direct Benefit 91% 7% 2%
Patient Volunteer – Prospect of Direct Benefit 87% 5% 8%
Researchers should be permitted to offer money as an incentive to participate in research . . . Healthy Volunteers 58% 12% 30%
Patient Volunteers – No Prospect of Direct Benefit 57% 12% 31%
Patient Volunteer – Prospect of Direct Benefit 51% 15% 34%
Researchers should be permitted to consider the offer of money as compensation for risk or as a benefit in risk-benefit assessment . . . Healthy Volunteers 37% 10% 53%
Patient Volunteers – No Prospect of Direct Benefit 38% 11% 51%
Patient Volunteer – Prospect of Direct Benefit 35% 14% 51%