<p>Geoff Spurling and colleagues report findings of a systematic review looking at the relationship between exposure to promotional material from pharmaceutical companies and the quality, quantity, and cost of prescribing. They fail to find evidence of improvements in prescribing after exposure, and find some evidence of an association with higher prescribing frequency, higher costs, or lower prescribing quality.</p>
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%A Mansfield, Peter R.
%A Montgomery, Brett D.
%A Lexchin, Joel
%A Doust, Jenny
%A Othman, Noordin
%A Vitry, Agnes I.
%D 2010
%I Public Library of Science
%J PLoS Med
%K Prescription aulaterapeutica industria_farmaceutica
%N 10
%P e1000352
%R 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000352
%T Information from Pharmaceutical Companies and the Quality, Quantity, and Cost of Physicians' Prescribing: A Systematic Review
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