Why people refuse generic substitution: A population survey of public opinion on generic substitution in Finland

Drugs and Therapy Perspectives

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 24-26

  Heikkilä, Reeta ^a   Mäntyselkä, Pekka ^a,b   Ahonen, Riitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Data collection; Generic substitution

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84863696565     PISSN: 11720360     EISSN: 11791977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11209270-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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