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. 2018 Oct 29;178(12):1711–1712. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4730

Table. Total and General Payments Received by Authors of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guidelines, Stratified by Guideline, Received During a 1-Year Period Both Preceding and Following Guideline Development by 6 Monthsa.

Guideline Total Authors, No. Paid Authors, No. (%) Payments, Median (IQR), $
Total General
Overall 83 44 (53)
ACG clinical guideline: the diagnosis and management of idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (2014) 6 4 (66) 45 890 (0-200 381) 139 (0-11 840)
Guidelines on genetic evaluation and management of Lynch syndrome: a consensus statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (2014) 15 6 (40) 0 (0-11 401) 0 (0-11 401)
ACG clinical guideline: management of benign anorectal disorders (2014) 4 2 (50) 263 (0-2681) 263 (0-2681)
ACG clinical guideline: the diagnosis and management of focal liver lesions (2014) 3 3 (100) 9968 (4615-1 019 954) 9968 (4615-25 713)
Optimizing adequacy of bowel cleansing for colonoscopy: recommendations from the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (2014) 12 5 (42) 0 (0-30 579) 0 (0-30 579)
ACG clinical guideline: epidemiology, risk factors, patterns of presentation, diagnosis, and management of colon ischemia (2015) 4 2 (50) 6407 (0-66 440) 3187 (0-64 115)
ACG clinical guideline: genetic testing and management of hereditary gastrointestinal cancer syndromes (2015) 6 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
ACG clinical guideline: primary sclerosing cholangitis (2015) 3 2 (66) 6175 (0-99 289) 6175 (0-74 318)
ACG clinical guideline: diagnosis and management of small bowel bleeding (2015) 4 3 (75) 38 859 (8160-91 779) 23 447 (4390-32 833)
ACG clinical guideline: diagnosis and management of Barrett’s esophagus (2015) 4 4 (100) 47 290 (8229-118 483) 1983 (207-14 124)
ACG clinical guideline: liver disease and pregnancy (2016) 3 3 (100) 148 451 (8484-580 803) 76 412 (6800-298 323)
Colonoscopy surveillance after colorectal cancer resection: recommendations of the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (2016) 10 5 (50) 2478 (0-41 541) 2478 (0-32 729)
ACG clinical guideline: management of patients with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding (2016) 2 1 (50) 44 429 (not calculated) 4842 (not calculated)
ACG clinical guideline: nutrition therapy in the adult hospitalized patient (2016) 4 2 (50) 2007 (0-135 098) 2007 (0-92 207)
ACG clinical guideline: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of acute diarrheal infections in adults (2016) 3 2 (66) 8292 (0-9513) 8292 (0-8292)
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All values are listed in US dollars ($). All guidelines and authorship information was retrieved from the American College of Gastroenterology website and all payment data was extracted using the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services OpenPayments website. Years correspond with year of guideline publication.