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No More Free Drug Samples?

Susan Chimonas and Jerome Kassirer argue that giving out “free” drug samples is not effective in improving drug access for the indigent, does not promote rational drug use, and raises the cost of care.

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Autores principales: Chimonas, Susan, Kassirer, Jerome P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2669216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19434227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000074
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spelling pubmed-26692162009-05-12 No More Free Drug Samples? Chimonas, Susan Kassirer, Jerome P. PLoS Med Essay Susan Chimonas and Jerome Kassirer argue that giving out “free” drug samples is not effective in improving drug access for the indigent, does not promote rational drug use, and raises the cost of care. Public Library of Science 2009-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2669216/ /pubmed/19434227 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000074 Text en Chimonas, Kassirer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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