Exploring factors underlying the attitude of community pharmacists to generic substitution: a nationwide study from Poland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Generic uptake will increasingly be promoted by governments in the face of increasing healthcare costs and global economic uncertainties.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes towards generic substitution among community pharmacists, with a focus on the perception of the efficacy, knowledge of the generics characteristics, as well as the willingness to recommend generic substitution.

Setting

Community pharmacies in Poland.

Method

The survey was conducted in 2013 by telephone interviews with 802 holders of an MSc degree in pharmacy working as community pharmacists. Stratified sampling was implemented to make the study representative in geographic terms.

Main outcome measure

Pharmacists' attitudes towards generics drug

SUBMITTER: Drozdowska A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4733132 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature