The importance of the first generic substitution: Evidence from Sweden

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: JANSSEN, Aljoscha, GRANLUND, David
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• الموضوعات: Generic substitution; Pharmaceuticals; Health care costs; Behavioral Economics; Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2697; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3696/viewcontent/SSRN_id4072191.pdf
• المؤسسة: Singapore Management University

We analyze changes in the willingness to substitute from prescribed pharmaceuticals to more affordable generic equivalents in response to the first experience with a substitution. Using Swedish individual-level data of prescribed and dispensed pharmaceuticals, we em-ploy a dynamic event study and an...