An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Evaluation Of General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Consumers And Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Perception And Attitude On Contemporary Issues Surrounding Generic Medicine Use In Karachi, Pakistan

Developing countries are struggling with the high cost of treatment and Pakistan is not an exception to this issue. Generic medicines could be instrumental in curtailing the cost of treatment and reduce healthcare expenditures in Pakistan. Therefore, it is imperative to ascertain the knowledge, per...

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Main Author: Jamshed, Shazia
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Published: 2011
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description Developing countries are struggling with the high cost of treatment and Pakistan is not an exception to this issue. Generic medicines could be instrumental in curtailing the cost of treatment and reduce healthcare expenditures in Pakistan. Therefore, it is imperative to ascertain the knowledge, perception and attitudes of different stakeholders in this regard. The study used a sequential mixed-method research in which the qualitative and quantitative approaches were applied. The qualitative data was collected through in-depth semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with general practitioners, pharmacists, consumers, and pharmacy students. Saturation point, a peak after which no new information was sought from additional interviews, was achieved at 11 for doctors, 11 for pharmacists, 29 for consumers and 28 for pharmacy students.
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spelling my.usm.eprints.42576 http://eprints.usm.my/42576/ An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Evaluation Of General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Consumers And Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Perception And Attitude On Contemporary Issues Surrounding Generic Medicine Use In Karachi, Pakistan Jamshed, Shazia RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica Developing countries are struggling with the high cost of treatment and Pakistan is not an exception to this issue. Generic medicines could be instrumental in curtailing the cost of treatment and reduce healthcare expenditures in Pakistan. Therefore, it is imperative to ascertain the knowledge, perception and attitudes of different stakeholders in this regard. The study used a sequential mixed-method research in which the qualitative and quantitative approaches were applied. The qualitative data was collected through in-depth semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with general practitioners, pharmacists, consumers, and pharmacy students. Saturation point, a peak after which no new information was sought from additional interviews, was achieved at 11 for doctors, 11 for pharmacists, 29 for consumers and 28 for pharmacy students. 2011-07 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/42576/1/SHAZIA_JAMSHED.pdf Jamshed, Shazia (2011) An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Evaluation Of General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Consumers And Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Perception And Attitude On Contemporary Issues Surrounding Generic Medicine Use In Karachi, Pakistan. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
Jamshed, Shazia
An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Evaluation Of General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Consumers And Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Perception And Attitude On Contemporary Issues Surrounding Generic Medicine Use In Karachi, Pakistan
title An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Evaluation Of General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Consumers And Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Perception And Attitude On Contemporary Issues Surrounding Generic Medicine Use In Karachi, Pakistan
title_full An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Evaluation Of General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Consumers And Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Perception And Attitude On Contemporary Issues Surrounding Generic Medicine Use In Karachi, Pakistan
title_fullStr An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Evaluation Of General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Consumers And Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Perception And Attitude On Contemporary Issues Surrounding Generic Medicine Use In Karachi, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Evaluation Of General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Consumers And Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Perception And Attitude On Contemporary Issues Surrounding Generic Medicine Use In Karachi, Pakistan
title_short An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Evaluation Of General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Consumers And Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Perception And Attitude On Contemporary Issues Surrounding Generic Medicine Use In Karachi, Pakistan
title_sort exploratory sequential mixed method evaluation of general practitioners, pharmacists, consumers and pharmacy students’ knowledge, perception and attitude on contemporary issues surrounding generic medicine use in karachi, pakistan
topic RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
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