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Usage of Information Sources by General Practitioners¹

Author(s) -

Barry Strickland–Hodge,

M H Jeqson

Publication year - 1980

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/014107688007301208

Subject(s) - general practice , medicine , product (mathematics) , service (business) , medical information , information source (mathematics) , family medicine , medical education , statistics , business , geometry , mathematics , marketing

Questionnaires were sent to approximately 500 general practioners in five areas of one National Health Service Region; there was a 52% response. Certain characteristics of each general practitioner, which were collected from the questionnaire and medical lists, were used to assess how information was used by different ‘types’ of general practitioner. Generally, sources of information emanating from the pharmaceutical industry are used more to introduce the new product, while the ‘professional’ sources such as medical journals are used more to evaluate it. Younger doctors used Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin more than did their colleagues, and single-practice doctors found the representative to be more useful than did joint-practice doctors.

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