Harris D W, Karandikar D S, Spencer M G, Leach R H, Bower A C, Mander G A
Lancet. 1979 Mar 17;1(8116):599-601. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(79)91020-1.
In a returned-medicines campaign lasting 3 weeks 362000 tablets and capsules were returned in 11400 containers from a population of 1.05 million. This yield was considered low. A comparison of hospital admission figures for childhood poisoning before, during, and immediately after the campaign suggests that the publicity and the destruction of unwanted medicines had little preventive value. The quantities of different medicines returned were roughly proportional to the quantities prescribed.
在一场为期3周的回收药品活动中，来自105万人口的人们将362000片药和胶囊装在11400个容器中归还。这个回收率被认为很低。对活动前、活动期间以及活动刚结束后的儿童中毒住院人数进行比较后发现，宣传以及对不需要的药品进行销毁几乎没有预防作用。归还的不同药品数量大致与处方量成正比。
