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In your opinion what form of medical company marketing would LEAST escalate national health care costs? Please check one only.
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1.1/30/2008 4:03:00 PMunsure
2.1/30/2008 4:20:00 PMShould be sent to health care workers only
3.1/30/2008 4:26:00 PMall of them somehow will
4.1/30/2008 6:31:00 PMAds in medical journals
5.1/30/2008 7:24:00 PMMedical marketing should not drive cost if medical savings accounts were universal and patients had to discern cost of brand vs. generic
6.1/30/2008 10:37:00 PMStop DTC. About every third page in a women's magazine is some pharma ad. That's costing far more than med journal ads. Pharma companies have already drastically cut rep numbers back, and dinners are almost a thing of the past, at least in my specialty.
7.1/30/2008 11:11:00 PMPharmaceutical advertising is part of their business and is not a major contributor to the overall health care cost
8.1/30/2008 11:22:00 PMNone.
9.1/31/2008 12:32:00 PMunknown
10.1/31/2008 9:27:00 PMI doubt that marketing contributes relatively more to health care costs than for any other product cost
11.2/1/2008 12:31:00 AMmake medical marketing a nondeductible item on corporate taxes
12.2/1/2008 12:31:00 AMmake medical marketing a nondeductible item on corporate taxes
13.2/1/2008 12:32:00 AMmake medical marketing a nondeductible item on corporate taxes