What's in a Name? Factors That Influence the Usage of Generic Versus Trade Names for Cardiac Medications Among Healthcare Providers

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Aug;11(8):e004704. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004704.
No abstract available

Keywords: anthropology, medical; awareness; bias; drug substitution; medicine; names.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel*
  • Bias
  • Cardiovascular Agents / classification
  • Cardiovascular Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Clinical Decision-Making
  • Data Mining / methods
  • Drug Prescriptions
  • Drugs, Generic / classification
  • Drugs, Generic / therapeutic use*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
  • Humans
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends*
  • Terminology as Topic*
  • Text Messaging / trends
  • Therapeutic Equivalency

Substances

  • Cardiovascular Agents
  • Drugs, Generic