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Price, familiarity, and availability determine the choice of drug - a population-based survey five years after generic substitution was introduced in Finland
BACKGROUND: Mandatory generic substitution (GS) was introduced in Finland at the beginning of April 2003. However, individual patients or physicians may forbid the substitution. GS was a significant change for Finnish medicine users. It was thought it would confuse people when the names, colors, pac...
Autores principales: | Heikkilä, Reeta, Mäntyselkä, Pekka, Ahonen, Riitta |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3262749/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22171800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6904-11-20 |
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