A National Survey of the Frequency of Drug Company Detailing Visits and Free Sample Closets in Practices Delivering Primary Care - PubMed

A National Survey of the Frequency of Drug Company Detailing Visits and Free Sample Closets in Practices Delivering Primary Care - PubMed

A National Survey of the Frequency of Drug Company Detailing Visits and Free Sample Closets in Practices Delivering Primary Care

Ashleigh C King 1, Lisa M Schwartz 1, Steven Woloshin 1 2

Affiliations 

• PMID: 31985742
 
• PMCID: PMC6990750 (available on 2021-01-27)
 
• DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.6770

Abstract

This study describes the number and type of clinical offices receiving detailing visits and free drug samples from pharmaceutical companies.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Drs Woloshin and Schwartz receiving personal fees from Ross Feller Case LLP for serving as medical experts in testosterone litigation and are cofounders of Informulary Inc, a company that provided data about the benefits and harms of prescription drugs and ceased operations in December 2016. Ms King reported grants from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality during the conduct of the study. No further disclosures were reported.

Comment in

• JAMA Intern Med. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.6761

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