Knowledge, perceptions and practices of pharmacists regarding generic substitution in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate pharmacists' knowledge, perceptions and practices towards generic substitution in the 11 pilot locations in China.

Design

An online cross-sectional survey using questionnaires was conducted. A convenience sampling technique was implemented to recruit pharmacists.

Setting and participants

The study took place in medical institutions of 11 pilot locations that participated in the pilot national centralised procurement programme in 2019. Two thousand two hundred and ninety-one pharmacists including hospital pharmacists or community pharmacists based on health-systems or clinics participated in the study.

Results

Most of the participants had the good knowledge of requirements for evaluating the quality and efficacy of generic drugs (n=2118; 92

SUBMITTER: Qu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8524276 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature