OBJECTIVE: Despite evidence that oral corticosteroids increase fracture risk and the
existence of guidelines for the prevention of corticosteroid induced osteoporosis, few …

France presents a unique situation in which the take-off of a generic drug market depends,
out of regulatory incentives, on whether physicians choose a prescription method …

Background: Doctors are the main prescribers of medication for the patients. There are many
factors that affect prescribing behaviour such as pharmaceutical promotions. Aims & …

Objective When a new drug is marketed, physicians must decide whether they will consider
it for their future practice. However, information about new drugs can be biased or hard to …

Purpose Although there is evidence that the efforts of pharmaceutical marketing exert a
positive and significant influence on physician prescription decisions, the specific …

To improve health outcomes, effective and systematic mechanisms to foster the adoption of
evidence-based guideline recommendations into routine practice need to be identified. A …

Abstract Introduction The US Food and Drug Administration uses drug safety
communications (DSCs) to release emerging information regarding post-market safety …

Objective: The study aimed to survey price reductions such as discounts and rebates
granted for medicines used in hospitals. Methods: We collected official list prices and actual …

Rationale, aims and objectives This study was designed to examine the factors that
influence doctors' decision in initiating or switching from warfarin to dabigratran. Method A …

Using discourse analysis, this study examines the representation of prescription medicines
in the UK newsprint media and, specifically, how the meaning and function of medicines are …