Nicholas Benedict is Managing Director of King, Edward, specializing in pharmacy and health care. He has a B.A. from McGill University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Jonathan Ni is a Writer for "Physician-Dispensing.com and a B.Sc. Economics Candidate at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
While many arguments can be advanced for and against the practice of physician dispensing, the fundamental trade-off appears to be between patient compliance and convenience on one side vs. increased cost and the potential for distorted incentives or increased errors on the other.