Prescription drug samples: Making decisions with imperfect data

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 890-892

  Whittle, Jeff ^a,b   Good, Chester B ^c,d  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; HUMANS; MARKETING; MEDICARE PART D; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43949098563     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0642-9     Document Type: Editorial

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