Physicians, pharmaceutical sales representatives, and the cost of prescribing
Physicians, pharmaceutical sales representatives, and the cost of prescribing
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DOI：
10.1001/archfami.5.4.201
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发表时间：
1996-04-01
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通讯作者：
McKinney, WP
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作者：
Caudill, TS;Johnson, MS;McKinney, WP
目的：评估初级保健医生对药物代表提供的信息的态度和使用对门诊处方处方成本的影响。设计：邮寄调查问卷收集有关医生的人口统计和实践特征以及对药物代表提供的信息的态度和使用的信息。参与者：肯塔基州从事初级保健成人医学的医生（家庭医学、全科医学、全科医学；n=1603）。主要结果测量：处方的相对成本，基于医生的反应初级保健中门诊临床场景的治疗选择。多变量回归模型评估了自变量和处方成本之间的预测关系。结果：四百四十六份回收的问卷适合分析。应答者和非应答者样本之间的年龄、性别、每周工作天数或毕业年数没有显着差异。研究发现，医生的处方成本与制药代表提供的信息的可信度、可用性、适用性和使用情况之间存在显着的正相关性（P
Objective: To evaluate the influence of primary care physicians' attitudes toward and use of information provided by pharmaceutical representatives on prescribing costs in ambulatory practice.Design: A mailed questionnaire collected information about physician demographic and practice characteristics and attitudes toward and use of information provided by pharmaceutical representatives.Participants: Kentucky physicians practicing primary care adult medicine (family medicine, general practice, general medicine; n=1603).Main Outcome Measure: Relative cost of prescribing, based on physician responses to treatment choices for ambulatory clinical scenarios in primary care. A multivariable regression model assessed predictive relationships between independent variables and prescription costs.Results: Four hundred forty-six returned questionnaires were suitable for analysis. No significant differences were noted in age, gender, days worked per week, or years since graduation between responders and a sample of nonresponders. A significant positive correlation was found between physician cost of prescribing and perceived credibility, availability, applicability, and use of information provided by pharmaceutical representatives (P