Table 3.
Attitudes of physicians towards generic prescribing
| What do you think about the quality of generic drugs in comparison to their branded ones? | ||||
| Greece | Cyprus | Difference | p-value | |
| Excellent | 4.71% | 3.11% | 1.60% | 0.240 |
| Satistactory | 46.54% | 56.99% | -10.45% | 0.006 |
| Average | 31.92% | 32.64% | -0.72% | 0.842 |
| Rather bad | 10.29% | 5.18% | 5.11% | 0.005 |
| Bad | 6.54% | 2.07% | 4.47% | 0.000 |
| What do you think about the safety of generics in comparison to their branded ones? | ||||
| Greece | Cyprus | Difference | p-value | |
| Excellent | 5.31% | 6.22% | -0.91% | 0.614 |
| Satistactory | 49.57% | 61.66% | -12.09% | 0.001 |
| Average | 29.76% | 26.42% | 3.34% | 0.326 |
| Rather bad | 8.99% | 4.66% | 4.33% | 0.011 |
| Bad | 6.38% | 1.04% | 5.34% | 0.000 |
| What do you think about the effectiveness of generics in comparison to their branded ones? | ||||
| Greece | Cyprus | Difference | p-value | |
| Excellent | 5.79% | 2.59% | 3.20% | 0.015 |
| Satistactory | 46.62% | 59.59% | -12.97% | 0.001 |
| Average | 33.49% | 32.12% | 1.37% | 0.690 |
| Rather bad | 8.40% | 3.11% | 5.29% | 0.000 |
| Bad | 5.69% | 2.59% | 3.10% | 0.021 |
| How often do you prescribe a generic product instead of a branded one? | ||||
| Greece | Cyprus | Difference | p-value | |
| Very often | 3.65% | 13.99% | -10.34% | 0.000 |
| Often | 21.55% | 52.85% | -31.30% | 0.000 |
| Rarely | 47.26% | 27.98% | 19.28% | 0.000 |
| Hardly ever | 27.54% | 5.18% | 22.36% | 0.000 |
| Do you think it is feasible to implement a prescribing system based on the INN? | ||||
| Greece | Cyprus | Difference | p-value | |
| Very feasible | 15.21% | 17.62% | -2.41% | 0.397 |
| Feasible | 37.62% | 39.38% | -1.76% | 0.631 |
| Rather impossible | 30.60% | 32.64% | -2.04% | 0.567 |
| Impossible | 16.56% | 10.36% | 6.20% | 0.011 |