Generic dispensing rates for substitutable drugs prescribed by general practitioners compared with other private ambulatory specialists: A study based on a French national reimbursement database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of generic drugs is a way for healthcare systems to reduce costs, particularly in ambulatory care. Several studies suggest that the prescriber's speciality is associated with the use of generic drugs, and that substitutable drugs prescribed by General Practitioners (GPs) are more often generic, but this association has never been studied in France. In the French legislative context, except in rare situations, all substitutable drugs prescribed should be dispensed in generic form.

Objectives

Compare the generic drugs dispensing rate among substitutable drugs dispensed in community pharmacies prescribed by French private GPs with that of other private specialists, all other specialities combined (first objective) or each other speciality taken individually (

SUBMITTER: Figoni H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11486039 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature