Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9344

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Publication type: Journal Article

Smith MK, Gumbhir AK.
Perceptions of the 1987 Prescription Drug Marketing Act's impact on hospital pharmacy and drug distribution systems
ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting 1993 Dec; 28:

Abstract:

The perceptions of 20 hospital pharmacists, 17 research oriented drug manufacturers, and 24 drug wholesalers were evaluated regarding the Prescription Drug Marketing Act and its impact on drug diversion, discriminatory pricing, and drug marketing and distribution. Written responses to a six-part questionnaire were analyzed and subgroup ANOVA f-ratios were calculated. Hospital pharmacists’ views differed significantly from manufacturers’ and/or wholesalers’ in that the Act reduced diversion, changed drug storage requirements, excessively cost consumers, and that multi-tier pricing is appropriate for teaching hospitals, not-for-profit institutions, and all hospitals and for volume discounts. Overall, the Act was perceived to have reduced drug diversion, not impacted multi-tier pricing, and changed drug sampling and product returns procedures.