Generic medications for you, but brand-name medications for me

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 574-578

  Keenum, Amy J ^a   DeVoe, Jennifer E ^b   Chisolm, Deena J ^c   Wallace, Lorraine S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Generic; Knowledge; Medicine; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAID; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; COST SAVINGS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUGS, GENERIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866077367     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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