Prescribing behaviour in general practice the impact of promoting therapeutically equivalent cheaper medicines

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 414, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Roberts, S J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generic substition; Prescribing costs; Prescribing patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION;

COST CONTROL; COST SAVINGS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, GENERIC; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031034956     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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