Abstract
Doctors are usually concerned about the quality
of generic drugs, and possible liabilities connected with
their use. Therefore, this study is an attempt to examine
the attitudes of Pakistani General Practitioners (GPs)
towards generic prescribing drugs. This study focuses five
areas that affect GPs prescribing habit of generic drugs.
Moreover, this study evaluates and compares practices of
GPs’ towards prescribe generic drugs in Pakistan and
Slovenia. 50 General Practitioners are selected from
Karachi through simple random sampling. Questionnaire–
a primary data collection tool is used to collect data from
all General Practitioners. The Slovenian study is used as
secondary data source. MEGASTAT–a statistical package
is used to conduct chi-square test of independence at 5%
significance level. This study concludes that more
academic details of generic drugs influence General
Practitioners to prescribe them.
Sohail Raza, S. M. Shafi Azam. (2008) Factors That Affect Attitude towards Generic Drugs’ Prescription: A Comparison of Pakistani and Slovenian General Practitioners Practices , Journal of Independent Studies and Research-Management, Social Sciences and Economics, Volume-06, Issue-2.
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