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See Latest ArticlesAn Unhealthy Public-Private Tension: Pharmacy Ownership, Prescribing, And Spending In The Philippines
Health Affairs, 07/16/09
James CD et al. - Physicians' links with pharmacies may create perverse financial incentives to overprescribe, prescribe products with higher profit margins, and direct patients to their pharmacy. Interviews with pharmacy customers in the Philippines show that those who use pharmacies linked to public-sector physicians had 5.4 greater odds of having a prescription from such physicians and spent 49.3 percent more than customers using other pharmacies.
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