Perception of Prescription Medicine Sample Packs Among Australian Professional, Government, Industry, and Consumer Organizations, Based on Automated Textual Analysis of One-on-One Interviews

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2461-2473

  Kyle, Greg J ^a   Nissen, Lisa ^a   Tett, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

government; medication; opinion; organization; prescription sample

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSUMER; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG UTILIZATION; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MARKETING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58249139115     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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