Table 3.
Comparison of the origin of funding between emergency and elective surgical trials. These data was only available from ISRCTN and not clinicaltrials.gov
| Funding | Emergency surgery; number (% of total) |
Elective surgery; number (% of total) |
All, number (%) |
| Industry | 0 (0) | 15 (18.1) | 15 (16.5) |
| Hospital | 2 (25.0) | 18 (21.7) | 20 (22.0) |
| University | 0 (0) | 13 (15.7) | 13 (14.3) |
| Government | 5 (62.5) | 18 (21.7) | 23 (25.3) |
| Research institute | 1 (12.5) | 7 (8.4) | 8 (8.8) |
| Charity | 0 (0) | 9 (10.8) | 9 (10.0) |
| Investigator | 0 (0) | 3 (3.6) | 3 (3.3) |
| Total | 8 (100) | 83 (100) | 91 (100) |
Decimals do not add up exactly to total due to rounding.