Characteristics of general practitioners who frequently see drug industry representatives: National cross sectional study

Chris Watkins; Laurence Moore; Ian Harvey; Patricia Carthy; Elizabeth Robinson; Richard Brawn

doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1178

Characteristics of general practitioners who frequently see drug industry representatives: National cross sectional study

Chris Watkins, Laurence Moore, Ian Harvey, Patricia Carthy, Elizabeth Robinson, Richard Brawn

Norwich Medical School

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1178-1179
Number of pages	2
Journal	British Medical Journal
Volume	326
Issue number	7400
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1178
Publication status	Published - 29 May 2003

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