Russello C M, Peterson A M
Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, Woodbury Heights, NY.
Am Pharm. 1993 Nov;NS33(11):49-52. doi: 10.1016/s0160-3450(15)30605-x.
Providing drug information to consumers is an essential component of medical and pharmaceutical care. In recent years, profit-based consumer-oriented drug information centers (DICs) or drug hot lines have developed to fill this need. This study compared the services and information provided by DICs for consumers with those provided by DICs for health care professionals. The two consumer-oriented DICs provided-accurate and professional information, similar in content to that provided by the health care professional DICs. Although the data were too small for statistical analysis, it appears that the consumer-oriented DICs offer a valuable service.
向消费者提供药品信息是医疗和药学服务的重要组成部分。近年来，以盈利为目的的面向消费者的药品信息中心（DICs）或药品热线不断发展，以满足这一需求。本研究比较了面向消费者的DICs与面向医疗保健专业人员的DICs所提供的服务和信息。这两个面向消费者的DICs提供了准确、专业的信息，内容与面向医疗保健专业人员的DICs所提供的类似。尽管数据量太小无法进行统计分析，但面向消费者的DICs似乎提供了一项有价值的服务。
