Table 4 Price percentage of generic drugs at pharmacies
From: The adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies
Price percentage of generic drugs | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Pre-adoption [% (yen/total yen)] | Post-adoption [% (yen/total yen)] | ||
All drugs subjected to analysis | 23.5(9756/41,461) | 34.1(19,221/56,438) | < 0.001* |
Drugs that have the same ingredients or different ingredients as the newly adopted generic drugs | |||
Drugs with same ingredients | 27.1(3828/14,144) | 46.8(7113/15,207) | < 0.001* |
Drugs with different ingredients | 21.7(5928/27,318) | 29.4(12,108/41,231) | < 0.001* |
Priscribing facility | |||
Gifu Municipal Hospital | 21.5(4517/20,975) | 34.4(8059/23,455) | < 0.001* |
Other hospitals/clinics | 25.6(5240/20,487) | 33.8(11,162/32,983) | < 0.001* |