Promotion of prescription drugs and its impact on physicians' choice behavior

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作者
Gönül, FF [1 ]
Carter, F
Petrova, E
Srinivasan, K
机构
[1] Univ Rochester, Simon Sch Business, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[2] St Josephs Univ, Haub Sch Business, Philadelphia, PA 19131 USA
[3] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Grad Sch Ind Adm, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
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10.1509/jmkg.65.3.79.18329
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F [经济];
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02 ;
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The authors investigate whether and how pricing and promotional activities influence prescription choice behavior using a comprehensive panel of physicians and data on competitive price and promotional activities. The authors find that physicians are characterized by fairly limited price sensitivity, detailing and samples have a mostly informative effect on physicians, and physicians with a relatively large number of Medicare or health maintenance organization patients are less influenced by promotion than other physicians are.
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页数:12
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