Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9435
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Publication type: Journal Article
Thompson GA.
Cute sayings, costly drugs.
JAMA 1992 May 6; 267:(17):2327
Abstract:
The attitudes of a pharmacist to the costs of prescription drugs, particularly cefuroxime axetil (Ceftin), and to the apparent belief of the pharmaceutical industry that pharmacists realize increased profits from dispensing generic drugs are presented.
Keywords:
Costs and Cost Analysis
Drugs, Generic/economics
Interprofessional Relations
Pharmacists
Physicians
Prescriptions, Drug/economics*