The importance of the first generic substitution: Evidence from Sweden

• Main Authors: JANSSEN, Aljoscha, GRANLUND, David
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• 主題: Generic substitution; Pharmaceuticals; Health care costs; Behavioral Economics; Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2697; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3696/viewcontent/SSRN_id4072191.pdf

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...