1986
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.1986.tb00865.x
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Note:doctors‘ Knowledge of the Cost of Common Medications

Abstract: Fifty doctors completed a questionnaire which assessed their knowledge of the basic National Health Service cost of 15 commonly prescribed medications. Nearly half the estimates exceeded twice the actual cost of the drug. Correspondence: Dr. J. ROWC, D e p m e n r of Geriatric Medicine, University of Birmingham, Hayward Building, Selly Oak Hospital, Raddlebam Road, Birmingham B29 6JD, U.K.

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“…Most US outpatient studies [3945] used the averaged prices from surveys of local pharmacies to determine true costs, but one [46] used the average wholesale price. Most of the remaining outpatient studies from Canada and the UK, where price varies little from the single-payer agreed reimbursement, determined true cost from single sources such as the wholesale costs [47,48] or the British National Formulary [4952]. One Canadian study used a pharmacy survey for outpatient prescribing and cost to the hospital for inpatient prescribing [53].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most US outpatient studies [3945] used the averaged prices from surveys of local pharmacies to determine true costs, but one [46] used the average wholesale price. Most of the remaining outpatient studies from Canada and the UK, where price varies little from the single-payer agreed reimbursement, determined true cost from single sources such as the wholesale costs [47,48] or the British National Formulary [4952]. One Canadian study used a pharmacy survey for outpatient prescribing and cost to the hospital for inpatient prescribing [53].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…El conocimiento que tienen los médicos del coste de los fármacos que prescriben es escaso, a juzgar por los resultados de este estudio, coincidentes con los de la mayor parte de la literatura consultada [6][7][8][12][13][14] .…”
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“…En la apreciación del coste de los medicamentos se comprueba un fenómeno de unificación de los precios, con sobrestimación de los más baratos y subestimación de los más caros. Este fenómeno ha sido observado de una u otra forma por la mayoría de los autores 5,7,8,12,13,[15][16][17] , siendo probablemente un reflejo del desconocimiento del precio del fármaco, que hace que se considere un valor similar para la mayoría de los productos.…”
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