| Summary: | Background: The attempt of Dr. Sardjito General Hospital to maximized generic drug pre¬scriptions faced the reality that the residents as its main source of drug prescription are con¬tinuously changed. Although the hospital always socialized the compulsory of generic drug prescriptions to the new residents, nevertheless, 12 years after the ministerial decree, generic drug prescriptions at Dr. Sardjito General Hospital is still unsatisfactory. To maximized generic drug prescriptions, it needs to identify factors that influence drug prescriptions.
Methods: Residents in the Pediatrics, Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Obgyn Policlinics are grouped based on the degree of: (a) knowledge, (b) reliability, (c) patients, (d) seniors, and (e) drug representatives' influence. Grading was based on the score collected from the structured questions using Liken scale and true or false answers. All prescribed drugs given to non¬Askes patients was recorded and calculated.
Results: There was a very significant difference of generic drug prescriptions between policlinics. The percentage of antibiotic generic prescriptions was higher among group of moderate pa¬tients' Influence than low patients' influence. Although reliability was not proven statistically, there was an indication that it has some influence on generic drug prescriptions.
Keywords: generic drugs, resident, factors influencing drug prescriptions.
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