Table 3 Dispensation rate of generic drugs by pharmacies
From: The adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies
Dispensation rate of generics | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Pre-adoption [% (drugs/total drugs)] | Post-adoption [% (drugs/total drugs)] | ||
All drugs subjected to analysis | 48.3 (447/926) | 57.7 (604/1046) | < 0.001* |
Drugs that have the same ingredients or different ingredients as the newly adopted generic drugs | |||
Drugs with same ingredients | 44.7 (135/302) | 64.0 (217/339) | < 0.001* |
Drugs with different ingredients | 50.0 (312/624) | 54.7 (387/707) | 0.094 |
Priscribing facility | |||
Gifu Municipal Hospital | 47.5 (197/415) | 66.5 (254/382) | < 0.001* |
Other hospitals/clinics | 48.9 (250/511) | 52.7 (350/664) | 0.219 |