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An 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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Physicians' Attitudes Toward Post-MI Aspirin Prophylaxis: Findings from an Online Questionnaire in Europe and Latin America
Postgraduate Medicine, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 93%

Physicians Beliefs and Attitudes About End-of-Life Care: A Comparison of Selected Regions in Hungary and the United States
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 11/06/09 Relevance Score: 93%

Family Physician attitudes about prescribing using a drug formulary
BMC Family Practice, 10/20/09 Relevance Score: 93%

Emergency Physician Perceptions of Patient Safety Risks
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 10/27/09 Relevance Score: 92%

Physician wellness: a missing quality indicator
The Lancet, 11/16/09 Relevance Score: 90%