Sales promotion by wholesalers affects general practitioners’ prescription behaviours in Japan

Background: One method for promoting drugs in Japan has been utilizing wholesalers for promotion; however, the effectiveness of the sales promotion has been brought into question. Methods: A total of 74,552 responses were collected from an internet survey of 511 prescribing doctors in hospitals with...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Market Access & Health Policy
Main Author: Hirohisa Shimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20016689.2018.1424474