[Effect of the visit of the medical delegates on the prescription at the Point G Teaching Hospital].

Objective: The objective was to study the influence of the visit of medical delegates on hospital prescribing.

Materials And Methods: it was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted from October 9, 2017 to February 5, 2018 at the teaching hospital of Point G in Mali. It included 54 prescribers, 36 medical visitors and 195 prescriptions. Data entry and analysis were done using SPSS 22.0.

Results: Among the 54 doctors visited, 96.3% were men. General practitioners represented 75.9% of prescribers and 24.1% of specialists. All prescribers claimed to have received information on the dosage form, price and indications for the drug through the delegate. Only 16.7% said they had received information about side effects. The majority of prescribers (83.3%) affirmed the influence of medical representatives on their prescriptions. The average number of visits was 3.93±2,29 delegates/week. Approximately 61. 1% of delegates were physicians. Prescription of specialties was high 84. 1%, of which 31. 8% for Denk Pharma and 26. 7% for Sanofi.

Conclusion: This study showed the influence of the visit of the medical representatives on the prescription. The majority of doctors reported that their prescriptions were influenced by this visit.