"Gifts, payments, free meals, and other marketing ploys by pharmaceutical companies heavily influence doctors to prescribe more drugs, choose less appropriate treatments, and drive up prescription costs, according to a systematic review of 93 studies."
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Drug company gifts, meals, and payments to doctors lead to worse prescribing, review of 93 studies finds
Doctors who accept drug company gifts, payments and meals prescribe less appropriately and at higher cost, a new Cochrane review of 93 studies finds.