Doctors and drug companies: still cozy after all these years.
systematic_review · Level I
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 21072244.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000359 and PMC identifier 2970574.
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Abstract
Geoff Spurling and colleagues report findings of a systematic review looking at the relationship between exposure to promotional material from pharmaceutical companies and the quality, quantity, and cost of prescribing. They fail to find evidence of improvements in prescribing after exposure, and find some evidence of an association with higher prescribing frequency, higher costs, or lower prescribing quality.
Medical subject headings
- Drug Prescriptions
- Practice Patterns, Physicians'