| Advertisements |
Total journal pages |
9445 |
5790 |
5845 |
6021 |
4819 |
|
Total advertising pages |
2264 |
2647 |
2909.75 |
2819.5 |
2398.6 |
|
Proportion of advertising pages, % |
24.0 |
45.7 |
49.8 |
46.8 |
49.8 |
|
Mean pages per advertisement (SD) |
1.9 (1.6) |
2.2 (1.9) |
1.9 (1.9) |
1.9 (2.1) |
1.8 (1.6) |
|
Number of advertisements, n |
1177 |
1208 |
1538 |
1469 |
1328 |
| Content |
Pharmaceutical promotion, n (%) |
535 (45.5) |
560 (46.4) |
641 (41.7) |
468 (31.9) |
432 (32.5) |
|
Announcement of pharmaceutical approval, n (%) |
33 (2.8) |
42 (3.5) |
38 (2.5) |
46 (3.1) |
30 (2.3) |
|
Medical device promotion, n (%) |
20 (1.7) |
25 (2.1) |
30 (2.0) |
22 (1.5) |
21 (1.6) |
|
Announcement of medical device approval, n (%) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
3 (0.2) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
|
Scientific meeting information, n (%) |
87 (7.4) |
127 (10.5) |
193 (12.6) |
177 (12.1) |
136 (10.2) |
|
Calls for the enrollment of patients in registrationtrials, n (%) |
54 (4.6) |
44 (3.6) |
134 (8.7) |
236 (16.1) |
206 (15.5) |
|
Cancer support group information, n (%) |
27 (2.3) |
28 (2.3) |
32 (2.1) |
36 (2.5) |
48 (3.6) |
|
Medical support system information, n (%) |
0 (0.0) |
5 (0.4) |
25 (1.6) |
36 (2.5) |
71 (5.4) |
|
Pharmaceutical company information, n (%) |
54 (4.6) |
94 (7.8) |
22 (1.4) |
56 (3.8) |
65 (4.9) |
|
Other, n (%) |
367 (31.2) |
283 (23.4) |
420 (27.3) |
392 (26.7) |
319 (24.0) |
