Physician and pharmacist perceptions of generic medicines: What they think and how they differ

Health Policy

Volumn 116, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 214-223

  Dunne, Suzanne ^a   Shannon, Bill ^a   Hannigan, Ailish ^a   Dunne, Colum ^a   Cullen, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Generic drugs; Health policy; Ireland; Patient education; Pharmacists; Professional education

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NOCEBO EFFECT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIST; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUGS, GENERIC; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900798588     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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