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Funding and conflicts policy
Hospital inclusion and natural search order must be based on published evidence rules, not payment.
Current status
The directory contains no paid placement, sponsored profile, referral fee or affiliate link.
Future commercial material
Advertising or sponsorship must be clearly labelled, use a separate component and data field, and remain outside clinical conclusions and natural directory order. A commercial relationship cannot change the evidence required for a hospital field.
Prohibited claims
Paid content may not use unsupported “best,” “number one,” “safest,” guaranteed-outcome or comparative clinical-superiority claims. Medicine and medical-device advertising requires separate regulatory review.
Disclosure record
Each contributor and reviewer must disclose relevant provider, insurer, pharmaceutical, device, referral and ownership relationships. Material conflicts appear on the affected page.
Last updated: 17 July 2026