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The Cost of Institutional Review Board Procedures in Multicenter Observational Research
- Keith Humphreys, PhD;
- Jodie Trafton, PhD; and
- Todd H. Wagner, PhD
- Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Stanford University Medical Center (Humphreys, Trafton, Wagner)
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TO THE EDITOR:
Background: In recent years, there has been significant controversy over how institutional review board (IRB) procedures are structured, administered, and balanced against other concerns (for example, the feasibility of multicenter research) (1). Formal economic analysis has been largely absent in these debates. With …
