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Revista Cubana de Salud Pública 2017; 43 (1)

Perception and performance of physicians in the prescription of generic drugs in Mexico

Priego ÁHR, Avalos GMI, Manuel TP, Morales MH

Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 41-56
PDF size: 232.39 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: The analysis of prescription of generic pharmaceuticals is useful to control policies and to lay down bases for awareness campaigns addressed to the mediators of the drug purchasing process (prescribers).
Objective: To find out the perception and the performance of physicians regarding the prescription of generic pharmaceuticals southeastern state of Mexico.
Methods: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and comparative research study conducted in 330 physicians from institutions, private medical centers and under contract in drugstores. The data collection instrument called PAMPEFG-01 was used.
Results: The professionals were mostly general practitioners (60 %). This group had broader knowledge about the effectiveness and advantages offered by generic pharmaceuticals in comparison with medical specialists (33 %), with p= 0.000. Physicians aged 25 to 34 years agreed (55 %) and fully agreed (43 %) with decreasing drug expenditures represented by the generic pharmaceuticals. Young physicians with less seniority at work and no medical certification, agreed (47 %) and fully agreed (48 %) with the prescription of generic pharmaceuticals (p= 0,000). Physicians who work at drugstores fully agreed with the prescription and sale of generic drugs (100 %), they also agreed that the generic pharmaceuticals are essentially similar to the original ones and that the origin of the manufacturing laboratories (100 %) should be known, which was different from the opinions of the private sector (64 %) and the institutional sector (44 %), respectively.
Conclusions: Physicians assess and prescribe generic pharmaceuticals in institutions and pharmacies. In the private sector, the physicians opt for patented drugs.


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