The Contemporary Issues paper, “Financial Relationships between Neurologists and Industry: The 2015 Open Payments database,” by Drs. Ahlawat and Narayanaswami,1 is republished in this issue.2 While working on a follow-up analysis, the authors noted that 2011 data, rather than the 2015 data, collected during the program were inadvertently used for the analysis. The error presumably occurred during an automatic sort from a large database and pertains only to the non-research payments. The authors reanalyzed the 2015 data and revised the paper; reanalysis shows increases in the numbers and amounts of the payments. There are no substantial changes to the discussion or conclusions. A version of the originally published paper with the updated data highlighted is included with the republication. Figures were similarly updated. The authors thank Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, for his help in correcting the data. The authors apologize for the errors.
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