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| Author, Analytic (01) | : | Stolley, Paul D.//Becker, Marshall H.//Lasagna, Louis//McEvilla, Joseph D.//Sloane, Lois M. |
| Title, Analytic (04) | : | The relationship between physicians characteristics and prescribing appropriateness |
| Medium Designator (05) | : | Analytic survey |
| Journal Title (10) | : | Medical Care |
| Date of Publication (20) | : | 1972 |
| Volume ID (22) | : | 750 |
| Location in Work (25) | : | 17-28 |
| Notes (42) | : | Most of this article deals with issues other than promotion. Methodology note: The doctors who were surveyed were in one state in the United States and therefore the results may not be generalizable. As with any survey there is the possibility of a social |
| Abstract (43) | : | (Limited to parts of article dealing with promotion.) Primary care physicians in private practice were surveyed in depth to enable evaluation of various structural and sociologic variables as predictors of differential prescribing practices. ôAppropriatenessö or quality of prescribing behaviour was determined by expert judges. The better prescriber is critical of the pharmaceutical industry and sees fewer sales representatives and uses journal ads less frequently as a source of prescribing information. |
| Keywords (45) | : | *analytic survey/United States/primary care doctors/attitude toward industry/attitude toward promotion/quality of prescribing/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS/PROMOTION AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION: DOCTORS |
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