Healthy Skepticism Library item: 2138
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Publication type: Journal Article
Watkins C, Moore L, Harvey I, Carthy P, Robinson E, Brawn R.
Characteristics of general practitioners who frequently see drug industry representatives: national cross sectional study.
BMJ 2003 May 31; 326:(7400):1178-9
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7400/1178
Keywords:
MeSH Terms:
Adult
Aged
Attitude of Health Personnel
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug Industry*
Family Practice/statistics & numerical data*
Female
Great Britain
Humans
Interprofessional Relations*
Male
Middle Aged
Odds Ratio
Physician's Practice Patterns
Physicians, Family/psychology*
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Notes:
Introduction
Variation in prescribing costs between general practitioners is well documented. We previously found that frequent general practitioner contact with drug industry representatives was strongly and independently associated with higher prescribing costs. This paper describes the attitudes and behaviour of general practitioners who report seeing drug representatives frequently.
