Dataset for "Comparing pharmaceutical company payments in the four UK countries: a cross-sectional and social network analysis"

Data collection method:

This dataset draws on two data sources: 1) Disclosure UK, a database of pharmaceutical industry payments to healthcare organisations in the UK published annually We downloaded the dataset from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry's website and cleaned the data as part of a previous study, in which we also document the process to preparing the data in detail (Ozieranski et al., 2019a). 2) Payments to patient organisations, individual disclosures published on pharmaceutical company websites annually We downloaded all pharmaceutical industry disclosures published on their individual websites and cleaned the data as part of a previous study, in which we document the process to preparing the data in detail (Ozieranski et al., 2019b) Our dataset combines the above two datasets. Ozieranski P, Csanadi M, Rickard E, Tchilingirian J, Mulinari S. Analysis of Pharmaceutical Industry Payments to UK Health Care Organizations in 2015. JAMA Netw Open. 2019a;2(6):e196253. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6253 Ozieranski P, Rickard E, Mulinari, S. Exposing drug industry funding of UK patient organisations BMJ 2019b; 365 :l1806 doi:10.1136/bmj.l1806

Data processing and preparation activities:

We supplemented the data in Disclosure UK and in pharmaceutical company disclosures of payments to patient organisations with additional meta-data on payment recipients' country-level locations to compare payments made in the four UK countries.

Technical details and requirements:

Disclosure UK version 20160630