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Physicians’ perceptions of medical representative visits in Yemen: a qualitative study

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Title
Physicians’ perceptions of medical representative visits in Yemen: a qualitative study
Published in
BMC Health Services Research, August 2013
DOI 10.1186/1472-6963-13-331
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Mahmoud Abdullah Al-Areefi, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Mohamed Izham b Mohamed Ibrahim

Abstract

The pharmaceutical industry invests heavily in promotion, and it uses a variety of promotional strategies to influence physicians' prescribing decisions. Within this context, medical representatives (MRs) are the key personnel employed in promoting their products. One significant consequence of the interactions between physicians and medical representatives is a conflict of interests which may contribute to the over prescribing of medications and thus negative effects on patients' health and economics. There is limited detailed information published on the reasons why physicians interact with pharmaceutical representatives. This study aims to qualitatively explore physicians' attitudes about interactions with medical representatives and their reasons for accepting the medical representatives' visits.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 90 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 13 14%
Researcher 12 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 8%
Student > Postgraduate 6 7%
Lecturer 5 6%
Other 18 20%
Unknown 29 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 17%
Business, Management and Accounting 11 12%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 9%
Social Sciences 4 4%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 31 34%
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Attention Score in Context

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#15,276,424
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#5,538
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#122,556
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#72
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