A method for estimating the sales of specialty products includes defining
a first product specific universe using wholesale purchasing data to
determine a product specific store size for a first group of retail
outlets. A second product specific universe is defined using sampled
retail sales data to determine a product specific store size for a second
group of retail outlets, which were not represented in the first group of
outlets. Geo-spatial projection is applied to the first and second
product specific universes to determine product specific projection
factors for retail outlets in the first and second universe. The product
specific projection factors are then applied to sampled retail sales data
for the product to estimate the sales of said specialty product in
unsampled outlets. Preferably, the retail sales data includes prescriber
information and the resulting estimates are attributable to individual
prescribers authorizing the specialty product sale.