Background Over the past few decades, drug and overall healthcare expenditure have risen
rapidly in most countries. The present study investigates the attitudes and the factors which …

BACKGROUND: The pharmaceutical bill is increasing at an alarming rate. The physician
practice variation has a pronounced effect on healthcare spending. A number of factors can …

OBJECTIVE: Prescribing medications is one of the most important therapeutic activities of a
general practitioner (GP) and the quality of such practices is a relevant issue. Our objective …

Background: Over the recent years there has been a steady 7% yearly increase in
prescribing costs, which accounts for 17% of the Slovene national health care budget …

What is already known about this subject• Knowledge of prescription patterns in primary
health care is an important tool in rational drug therapy.• Age and gender are the principal …

Background Pharmaceutical promotion activities in low and middle-income countries are
often neither regulated nor monitored. While Egypt has the highest population and per …

Rationale, aim and objective Factors influencing doctors in prescribing of drugs have mostly
been studied in primary care. Studies performed in hospital care have primarily focused on …

Generic substitution (GS) is an integral part of drug policy in many countries. Similarly to
other countries its introduction in the Czech Republic gave rise to a vibrant discussion. The …

The use of generic drugs is growing increasingly around the world and in Greece, in
particular, in order to reduce pharmaceutical expenditure. However, patients' perceptions …

Background and objective: The penetration of generic drugs in the Greek pharmaceutical
market is placed among the weakest in the EU. The Greek regulatory framework does not …