The content of patient counseling about interchangeable medicines and generic substitution in Finnish community pharmacies - a survey of dispensers

The content of patient counseling about interchangeable medicines and generic substitution in Finnish community pharmacies - a survey of dispensers

Abstract Background Generic substitution aims to increase the use of more affordable generic preparations and restrain the growth of medicine expenditures. Pharmaceutical staff plays an important role in generic substitution by implementing substitution and counseling customers. The aim of this stud...

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Main Authors: Riikka Rainio, Riitta Ahonen, Johanna Timonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Generic substitution
Interchangeable medicines
Reference price system
Patient counseling
Community pharmacy
Survey
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4798-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4798-2

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