Table 2. Type of Residents' Exposure with Drug Companies.
Type of Event or Gift | Residents, No (n = 631) | Residents Who participated in or received a gift ≥1 Event, n (%) | Exposure Frequency per Month | |
Mean (SD) | Range | |||
Meetings with pharmaceutical sale representative | 629 | 600 (95.4) | 1.34 (1.04) | 0–3.50 |
Gift ≥50 € | 585 | 71 (12.1) | 0.03 (0.11) | 0–1.16 |
Gift <50 € | 590 | 356 (60.3) | 0.19 (0.46) | 0–5.30 |
Congress or conference paid by a drug company | 599 | 215 (35.9) | 0.06 (0.14) | 0–1.0 |
Restaurant provided by a drug company | 622 | 529 (85.0) | 0.24 (0.31) | 0–3.5 |
Thesis paid by a drug company | 580 | 40 (6.8) | 0.01 (0.06) | 0–1.0 |
Book donated by a drug company | 593 | 102 (5.2) | 0.03 (0.09) | 0–1.0 |
Abbreviations SD: Standard Deviation.