Information from pharmaceutical companies and the quality, quantity, and cost of physicians' prescribing: a systematic review

• Main Authors: Spurling, Geoffrey K., Mansfield, Peter R., Montgomery, Brett D., Lexchin, Joel, Doust, Jenny, Othman, Noordin, Vitry, Agnes I.
• 格式: Article
• 语言: English
• 出版: Public Library of Science 2010
• 主题: RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• 在线阅读: http://irep.iium.edu.my/346/1/journal.pmed.1000352.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/346/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000352

Background Pharmaceutical companies spent $57.5 billion on pharmaceutical promotion in the United States in 2004. The industry claims that promotion provides scientific and educational information to physicians. While some evidence indicates that promotion may adversely influence prescribing, physi...