The adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies

• Main Authors: Tomoya Tachi (Author), Kosuke Saito (Author), Hiroki Esaki (Author), Ikuto Sugita (Author), Aki Yoshida (Author), Yuta Kanematsu (Author), Yoshihiro Noguchi (Author), Michi Umeda (Author), Masahiro Yasuda (Author), Takashi Mizui (Author), Teruo Tsuchiya (Author), Chitoshi Goto (Author), Hitomi Teramachi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The objective of the current study is to elucidate the effect that the adoption of generic drugs by a large hospital has on the dispensation of generic drugs by community pharmacies. We evaluated the percentage of generic drugs dispensed by pharmacies and the cost of drugs dispen...