Information from Pharmaceutical Companies and the Quality, Quantity, and Cost of Physicians' Prescribing: A Systematic Review

Spurling, Geoffrey; Mansfield, Peter; Montgomery, Brett; Lexchin, Joel; Doust, Jenny; Othman, Noordin; Vitry, Agnès

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000352

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Information from Pharmaceutical Companies and the Quality, Quantity, and Cost of Physicians' Prescribing: A Systematic Review

Published in PLoS Medicine • Oct 19, 2010

Authors:

Geoffrey Spurling

Peter Mansfield

Brett Montgomery

Abstract

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...

Subject

Medicine

Promotion (chess)

Observational study

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