Reconciling a “pleasant exchange” with evidence of information bias: A three-country study on pharmaceutical sales visits in primary care

Ellen Reynolds, Line Guénette, Joel Lexchin, Alan Cassels, Michael S. Wilkes, Geneviève Durrieu, Marie-Dominique Beaulieu and Barbara Mintzes

Health Policy, 2018, vol. 122, issue 3, 250-255

Abstract: To examine and compare the experiences and attitudes of primary care physicians in three different regulatory environments (United States, Canada, and France) towards interactions with pharmaceutical sales representatives, particularly their perspectives on safety information provision and self-reported influences on prescribing.

Keywords: Focus groups; Health services research; Patient safety; Pharmaceutical policy; Primary care; Pharmaceutical promotion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.01.010

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