Healthy Skepticism Library item: 2504

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Publication type: Journal Article

Drug companies offer DM programs for MS patients.
Dis Manag Advis. 2002 Nov 01; 8:(11):165-8, 161
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12506456

Abstract:

Though many providers and DM vendors have scoffed at pharmaceutical company-sponsored DM as little more than product marketing, many of these programs go way beyond that to offer real clinical value to patients. Several drug companies that offer crucial therapies for MS patients provide a perfect case in point.

Keywords:
*analysis United States disease management programs industry perspective multiple sclerosis nurses INFORMATION FROM INDUSTRY: PATIENTS AND CONSUMERS PROMOTION AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION: CONSUMERS AND PATIENTS