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. 2012 Dec 31;10(4):199–206.

Table 5.

What issues do you take into consideration while preferring the generics?

  Pharmacist Prescriber Patient
  Agree/
strongly agree
N (%)
Unsure/
No idea
N (%)
Disagree/ strongly disagree
N (%)
Agree/
strongly agree
N (%)
Unsure/
No idea
N (%)
Disagree/ strongly disagree
N (%)
Agree/
strongly agree
N (%)
Unsure/
No idea
N (%)
Disagree/ strongly disagree
N (%)
Manifacturer 46 (82.1) 5 (8,9) 5 (8.9) 28 (70) 4 (10) 8 (20) 57 (56.4) 7 (7) 37 (36.6)
Place of production 26 (49.1) 10 (18.9) 17 (32) 20 (51) 3 (8) 16 (41) 39 (38.6) 12 (11.9) 50 (49.5)
Cost 45 (81.8) 4 (7.3) 6 (10.9) 36 (92) - (0) 3 (8) 84 (83.2) 3 (3) 14 (13.8)
Efficacy 53 (96.4) - 2 (3.6) 37 (92) 1 (3) 2 (5) 92 (91.1) 1 (1) 8 (7.9)
Side effects 41 (82.0) 5 (10.0) 3 (8.0) 36 (90) - (0) 4 (10) 90 (89.1) 1 (1) 10 (9.9)
Physical properties (taste, odour, colour, pharmaceutical form etc) 30 (61.3) 4 (8.2) 15 (30.6) 27 (68) 4 (10) 9 (22) 62 (61.4) 9 (8.9) 30 (29.7)
Date of launching in the market 27 (51.9) 8 (15.4) 17 (32.7) 19 (50) 7 (18) 12 (32) 58 (57.4) 11 (10.9) 32 (31.7)