Are Patients Willing to Ask for Generic Drug Substitutions?

• Main Authors: Hermansyah, Andi, Athiyah, Umi, Setiawan, Catur Dian, Mufarrihah, Mufarrihah
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English; English; English
• Published: DRUNPP Association of SARAJEVO & HERZEGOVINA, BOSNIA 2013
• Subjects: R Medicine; RS Pharmacy and materia medica; RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica; RS200-201 Pharmaceutical dosage forms
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/73487/1/C-06.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/73487/2/Reviewer%20C-06.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/73487/3/Bukti%20Artikel%20C-25.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/73487/6/Bukti%20Validasi%20dan%20Penilaian%20Karil%20C-25.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/73487/5/Bukti%20Similarity%20C-25.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/73487/4/Bukti%20Korespondensi%20C-25.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/73487/; http://iomcworld.com/ijptp/files/Andi%20Hermansyah%20et%20al.,%20dec%202013.pdf

Objective: Generic drug substitution has been known as a strategy to promote generic drug use. Under the pharmacy practice act, pharmacists in Indonesia are allowed to do generic substitution with the approval of a physician and/or the patients. This study was conducted to discover patients’ w...