The More Lavish the Gifts to Doctors, the Costlier the Drugs They Prescribe - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/well/live/the-more-lavish-the-gifts-to-doctors-the-costlier-the-drugs-they-prescribe.
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Any gift was associated with higher cost prescriptions, but the larger gifts had an even greater effect. Those who received gifts worth more than $500 during the year averaged $189 per prescription.
The senior author, Dr. Adriane J. Fugh-Berman, director of PharmedOut, a project on drug prescribing based at Georgetown University Medical Center, had some straightforward advice for patients. “You shouldn’t see doctors who see drug reps,” she said. “Less than a minute of talking to a drug rep will increase prescribing of brand-name drugs.”