Perspectives of physicians practicing in low and middle income countries towards generic medicines: a narrative review

Hassali MA 1 , Wong ZY 2 , Alrasheedy AA 3 , Saleem F 4 , Mohamad Yahaya AH 5 , Aljadhey H 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia. Electronic address: azmihassali@usm.my
  • 2 Pharmacy Department, Hospital Teluk Intan, Jalan Changkat Jong, 36000 Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia. Electronic address: wongzy88@gmail.com
  • 3 Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia. Electronic address: alian-a@hotmail.com
  • 4 Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia. Electronic address: fahaduob@gmail.com
  • 5 Pharmacy Department, Hospital Teluk Intan, Jalan Changkat Jong, 36000 Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia. Electronic address: dulha5@yahoo.com
  • 6 College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: haljadhey@ksu.edu.sa
Health Policy, 2014 Sep;117(3):297-310.
PMID: 25129135 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.07.014

Abstract

This review was conducted to document published literature related to physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of generic medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and to compare the findings with high-income countries.

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