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100			_aMadan, Sunil _aJuyal, Som Aditya _9118906
245			_aInfluence of medical practitioners’ attitude on the prescription behaviour for generic medicines
260			_bJournal of Health Management
300			_a154-163
520			_aThe study is an attempt to find out vital areas related to doctors’ attitude towards generic medicines limiting its mass use. Attitude of medical practitioners, one factor amongst several, was chosen to evaluate doctors’ behaviour towards generic medicines. Most of the countries in the world, rich or poor, are taking more interest in generic medicines due to rising healthcare costs. In India, out of pocket expenses towards healthcare costs are one of the highest in the world besides affordability issue due to its demographics. Generic medicines offer as an alternative to expensive medicines. Government is promoting use of generic medicines; doctors are being advised to write prescription in generic names; however, there are several challenges in its mass use. The study is of national importance as it addresses the issue of low generic prescriptions despite unaffordable access to expensive branded medicines. A questionnaire constructed descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in North India in 2020 amongst 228 medical practitioners at primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare centres. Spearman’s rank correlation computed to assess the association between attitude and prescription of generic medicines was found to be positively correlated between the two variables indicating a significant moderate association between them. Attitude of doctors towards generic medicines has been found to be playing a significant role in influencing doctors in prescribing generic medicines which explains limited use of generic drugs.
650			_aPublic health; _aGeneric drugs; _aGovernment policy; _aInfluencing doctor _9118907
856			_uhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09720634231225015
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