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EVALUATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING DRUG CHOICE OF PHYSICIANS

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In this study, previous studied were investigated and the factors affecting the physicians' choice of medication was tried to be determined. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University electronic library, Sagem, Pubmed and Google academics were utilized in literature search conducted between November 15, 2016 and January 15, 2017. When searching, the keywords "physician's choice of drugs, physician's influence, prescriptions, prescription writing" were used in Turkish/English searches and 42 studies were found. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 package program. In the studies, it was determined that 24 different factors affect the physicians' choice of drugs, and the most frequently cited factors were found to be the originality of the drug, the price of the drug, the level of education of the physicians, the drug efficacy and the socioeconomic status of the patients. In addition, these factors were grouped under three factors as technical, patient and social, factors and it was revealed that the most mentioned factor was the technical factor, whereas the least mentioned factor was the social factor in the studies.
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