医薬品情報学
Online ISSN : 1883-423X
Print ISSN : 1345-1464
ISSN-L : 1345-1464
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MR(Medical Representative)の情報提供活動の把握における 訪問記録簿の有用性
宇夛 裕基五十嵐 一彦梅下 翔藺上 圭子河原 昌美
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2014 年 16 巻 1 号 p. 10-15

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Objective: There is enormous information flow via the Internet and papers.  Physicians require appropriate drug information from medical representatives (MRs), so fair promotion activities of MRs are necessary.  To clarify the activity and visiting aims of MRs, we investigated the visiting records for MRs.
Methods: We improved the visiting record form because there were some gaps in the records.  Subsequently, we investigated the validity of the records.  The correlations between visiting numbers of MRs and both purchase prices of our hospital and scale of drug companies were also investigated.  Two months after revision of the visiting records, a questionnaire survey was administered among MRs to determine their thoughts about promotion activities.
Results: The visiting numbers of MRs and companies did not change with revision of the visiting record.  Insufficient visiting records were significantly reduced from 5.1% to 0.8%.  There were no correlations between visiting numbers and purchase prices or scale of drug companies.  Meanwhile, sub-analysis of the visiting data indicated that MRs significantly promoted new drugs and drugs coming off patent.  The revision of visiting record format re-emphasized the importance of the visiting record on MRs.
Discussion: Almost all MRs promoted their products fairly, as there was no correlation between the purchase price and company scale.  However, they may actively promote new drugs and those with patents that have elapsed.  The visiting records are useful to determine the promotion activities of MRs.

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