Prescribers without access to free drug samples are three times more likely to write generic drug prescriptions for uninsured patients than those with access to drug samples.

 

Prescribers without access to free drug samples are three times more likely to write generic drug prescriptions for uninsured patients than those with access to drug samples.[i]


[i] David P. Miller, et. al. The Impact of Drug Samples on Prescribing to the Uninsured, 101 S. Med. J. 888-893 (September 2008) available at http://journals.lww.com/smajournalonline/Fulltext/2008/09000/The_Impact_of_Drug_Samples_on_Prescribing_to_the.12.aspx. (last accessed June 2010).

 

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