No more free drug samples?
Susan Chimonas and Jerome Kassirer argue that giving out "free" drug samples is not effective in improving drug access for the indigent, does not promote rational drug use, and raises the cost of care.
Center on Medicine as a Profession, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America. sc2254@columbia.edu
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