Ensom 1998.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLINE from 1992 through March 1998 Search completed by investigator Searched by all authors Matching criteria not reported Contacted abstract authors directly Handsearched Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy from 1992 to "present"
Data	Included 363 abstracts presented at the 1992 to 1996 Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists meetings Included all 'award winning' abstracts for 1992 and all abstracts published in the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacists for remaining years
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting Mean time to publication 'Award winning' versus not 'award winning'
Outcomes	89 of 363 abstracts published 9/11 abstracts presented at the 1992 meeting, 13/56 at the 1993 meeting, 17/84 at the 1994 meetings, 27/105 at the 1995 meeting, and 23/107 at the 1996 meeting published. Proportion of abstracts published by time Mean time to publication = 11 months, but includes abstracts with < 24 months of follow‐up Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included 28/57 'award winning' abstracts versus 61/306 not 'award winning' abstracts published
Notes	Pharmacology ‐ hospital pharmacology Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts that described specific subgroup, so low risk of bias.
Search for publications?	Yes	Searched 1 database, contacted abstract authors, and hand searched a journal.
Follow‐up time?	Yes	All meetings before 1995 had at least 48 months follow‐up. The meetings in 1995 and 1996 only had 36 and 24 months follow‐up.
Matching?	Unclear	Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding?	No	Examined association of meeting year, and award winning status with publication using stratified analysis and Fisher's Exact tests