Attitude and Purchase Intention to Generic Drugs

Ricardo Arcaro, Cássia Rita Pereira da Veiga, Wesley Vieira da Silva and Claudimar Pereira da Veiga
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Ricardo Arcaro: Graduate Program in Organizations Management, Leadership and Decision (PPGOLD), Department of General and Applied Administration, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba 80210-170, Brazil
Cássia Rita Pereira da Veiga: Graduate Program in Organizations Management, Leadership and Decision (PPGOLD), Department of General and Applied Administration, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba 80210-170, Brazil
Wesley Vieira da Silva: Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió 57072-900, Brazil
Claudimar Pereira da Veiga: Graduate Program in Organizations Management, Leadership and Decision (PPGOLD), Department of General and Applied Administration, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba 80210-170, Brazil

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: Generic drugs were instituted in 1984 in the United States. Since that time, many studies have been conducted in several countries into consumer attitude and behavior when purchasing generic drugs. Understanding the factors that can influence attitude and purchasing intention in this segment has been a challenge. Thus, this paper aims to present a mapping of the literature on the attitude toward and intention to purchase generic drugs and capture insights that can help define and improve promotional strategies for the use of these products. To identify articles related to the theme, we selected the Web of Science, Science Direct, Scopus, Lilacs, Pubmed Central, Springer, and Embase databases time limited to June 2020, using the keywords “generic drug”, “purchase intention”, and “attitude”. The results indicate that this topic is relatively new, with publications in the leading journals in the area demonstrating its importance. Analysis revealed five strategic insights and showed that the research theme could be grouped into three clusters: (i) consumer attitude and behavior, (ii) perspective of patients and health professionals, and (iii) assessment of the risks associated with generic medications to determine which factors can influence purchase intention, providing decision makers with a broader view with regard to directing public policy strategies in healthcare.

Keywords: purchase intention; generic drugs; attitude; consumer behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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