Cross-sectional study of medical advertisements in a national general medical journal: evidence, cost, and safe use of advertised versus comparative drugs
Abstract Background Healthcare professionals are exposed to advertisements for prescription drugs in medical journals. Such advertisements may increase prescriptions of new drugs at the expense of older treatments even when they have no added benefits, are more harmful, and are more expensive. The p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Research Integrity and Peer Review |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-021-00111-9 |