Promoting physician referral services. Prospective users are not necessarily the best advertising target

Providers of physician referral services (PRSs) often focus advertising toward consumers who are least aware that such services exist. However, focusing advertising toward a more aware audience might be more useful. A recent study found that consumers most familiar with health care services are most...

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Veröffentlicht in:Marketing health services. - 1997. - 17(1997), 3 vom: 17., Seite 22-5
1. Verfasser: Gelb, B D (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Jones, M Y
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1997
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Marketing health services
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:Providers of physician referral services (PRSs) often focus advertising toward consumers who are least aware that such services exist. However, focusing advertising toward a more aware audience might be more useful. A recent study found that consumers most familiar with health care services are most likely to remember the concept of a PRS. Since these consumers may discuss PRSs with others, there appears to be value in promoting PRSs to more aware consumers as intermediaries to diffuse information to less aware consumers
Beschreibung:Date Completed 23.12.1997
Date Revised 10.12.2019
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1094-1304