Physicians' perspectives regarding non-medical switching of prescription medications: Results of an internet e-survey

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 1; p. e0225867
• Main Authors: Salam, Tabassum, Duhig, Amy, Patel, Aarti A, Cameron, Ann, Voelker, Jennifer, Bookhart, Brahim, Coleman, Craig I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abandonment; Adult; Ambulatory care; Autonomy; Biology and Life Sciences; Clinical decision making; Consent; Decision making; Drug Prescriptions; Engineering and Technology; Ethics; Female; Humans; Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; Internet; Male; Medical ethics; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Patients; People and Places; Physician-Patient Relations; Physicians; Physicians - psychology; Polls & surveys; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Prescription drugs; Primary care; Research and Analysis Methods; Social Sciences; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Switches; Switching; New York; United States > US

Physicians are in an ideal position to describe the impact of medication non-medical switching (switching commonly due to formulary changes by insurer for reasons unrelated to patient health) on their practice dynamics and patient care. We sought to examine physicians' openness to requests for...