Background and Objectives: Physicians play a key role in generic drug prescribing, but their behavior is affected by many determinants. We examined physician practices and attitudes and other factors influencing the prescription of generic drugs. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from a random sample of physi-cians from different settings in central Saudi Arabia. Data were analyzed to describe all variables and test any significant difference between groups of physicians. Results: The study included 772 physicians from different affiliations. The majority of physicians (n=741, 96%) reported that they knew enough about the therapeutic value of generic drugs. The majority (75%) repor...
Background: Drugs are the chemical substances used for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of a dise...
This study uses the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2006-2010) and Health Tracking Physicia...
P>Background and objective: The penetration of generic drugs in the Greek pharmaceutical market is p...
AbstractBackgroundRising costs of medicines have increased the interest of policy makers in generic ...
Background: Nowadays, brand-name drugs are becoming an out-of-pocket expense which comprises 80% of ...
Objectives Generic medicines are recommended and used largely due to their costeffectiveness. Still,...
AbstractObjectives: The current study aimed to explore the knowledge, perception, and attitude of ph...
BACKGROUND:Generic medicine prescribing has become common practice in many countries. However, data ...
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Objectives: To assess the community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude, perception and current practic...
Jordanian physicians have a positive attitude towards generic medications and high willingness and a...
Objectives: In developing countries out-of-pocket payments (OOP) are as high as 80% of healthcare sp...
Lebanon is one of the Mediterranean countries that are devastated by economic crisis. Knowing that g...
Background: Substituting brand drugs with generic drugs without affecting patients’ health is consid...
The objective of this study is to assess the impact of information on doctors’ attitudes and percept...
Background: Drugs are the chemical substances used for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of a dise...
This study uses the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2006-2010) and Health Tracking Physicia...
P>Background and objective: The penetration of generic drugs in the Greek pharmaceutical market is p...
AbstractBackgroundRising costs of medicines have increased the interest of policy makers in generic ...
Background: Nowadays, brand-name drugs are becoming an out-of-pocket expense which comprises 80% of ...
Objectives Generic medicines are recommended and used largely due to their costeffectiveness. Still,...
AbstractObjectives: The current study aimed to explore the knowledge, perception, and attitude of ph...
BACKGROUND:Generic medicine prescribing has become common practice in many countries. However, data ...
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.For permissions, ple...
Objectives: To assess the community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude, perception and current practic...
Jordanian physicians have a positive attitude towards generic medications and high willingness and a...
Objectives: In developing countries out-of-pocket payments (OOP) are as high as 80% of healthcare sp...
Lebanon is one of the Mediterranean countries that are devastated by economic crisis. Knowing that g...
Background: Substituting brand drugs with generic drugs without affecting patients’ health is consid...
The objective of this study is to assess the impact of information on doctors’ attitudes and percept...
Background: Drugs are the chemical substances used for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of a dise...
This study uses the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2006-2010) and Health Tracking Physicia...
P>Background and objective: The penetration of generic drugs in the Greek pharmaceutical market is p...