Price difference as a predictor of the selection between brand name and generic statins in Japan

Osamu Takizawa, Hisashi Urushihara, Shiro Tanaka and Koji Kawakami

Health Policy, 2015, vol. 119, issue 5, 612-619

Abstract: This study aimed to explore the predictors of the selection between brand name drug (BR) and generic drug (GE) and to clarify the quantitative relationship about selection.

Keywords: Brand name drugs; Generic drugs; Price difference; Claims database; Out-of-hospital pharmacies; Logistic regression analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.01.010

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