Dooley 2003.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLINE, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts to November 2002 Person completing the search not reported Searched by first and second author Matched abstract to full‐length publication by Title Contents   Handsearched the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research
Data	Included 187 abstracts presented at the 1999 24th Federal Conference of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia meeting Included abstracts except invited presentations
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published Oral versus poster presentation Multi‐centered versus single center
Outcomes	21 of 187 abstracts published Proportion of abstracts published by time not reported Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included 15/82 abstracts presented orally versus 6/105 abstracts presented as posters published 15/61 abstracts with multiple centers versus 6/126 abstracts with a single center published
Notes	Pharmacology ‐ hospital pharmacology Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts with reasonable exceptions.
Search for publications?	Yes	Searched 2 databases, and performed hand searches.
Follow‐up time?	No	The meeting only had 36 months follow‐up.
Matching?	Yes	Matched by 2 different criteria.
Adjustment for confounding?	No	Examined association of type of presentation and multi‐center status with publication using stratified analysis and Chi2 tests.