AWARENESS OF GENERIC DRUGS AMONG MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND PATIENTS: LITERATURE REVIEW
Background. In the modern world, the costs of medicines are very high. One of the measures to reduce the cost of health care - the use of generic drugs. Substitution of the original/reference/patented drug on generic is practiced in most countries and allows you to spend budget funds effectively and improves access to drugs for all patients. However, low awareness and unwillingness of medical workers to prescribe generics can negatively affect the rational use of substitutes for generics.
Aim of the study. to analyze published data regarding the awareness of generic drugs among medical staff and patients.
Search strategy. Search for scientific publications in the search engines such as PubMed, Cochrane Library, GoogleScholar, in the electronic scientific library eLibrary.ru, CyberLeninka. Inclusion criteria: publications of Kazakhstan authors, as well as scientific works from the near and far abroad; the search depth was 10 years (2010-2020). The study was carried out by next keywords search: generic drugs, awareness, questionnaire, prescription substitution. The review included the results of cross-sectional studies and systematic reviews. More than 1200 publications were analyzed, 59 works were included in the analysis.
Results. awareness of generic drugs among medical staff and patients remains unsatisfactory. This is due to many factors, among which the main ones are the low level of knowledge of doctors about the concept of bioequivalence, as well as doubts about the efficacy, safety and tolerability of the drug.
Conclusions. Adequate measures should be taken to increase public awareness of generic drugs.
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Kaliyeva D.E., Turgambayeva A.K., Kerimbayeva Z.A., Zhumambaeva S.M. Awareness of generic drugs among medical practitioners and patients: literature review // Nauka i Zdravookhranenie [Science & Healthcare]. 2021, (Vol.23) 5, pp. 236-247. doi 10.34689/SH.2021.23.5.025Related publications:
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