@article{ajphr2016432,
author={{Sztankovszky, Laszlo-Zoltan and Iorga, Magdalena and Astaratoae, Vasile},
title={Pharmaceutical Representatives' Opinion about Pharmacists' Drug Dispensing Practices in Romania and Factors that Influence them},
journal={American Journal of Public Health Research},
volume={4},
number={3},
pages={88--92},
year={2016},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajphr/4/3/2},
issn={2327-6703},
abstract={<b>The objective</b> of the research is to identify pharmaceutical representatives¡¯ opinions on some practices of drug dispensing amongst community pharmacists in Romania. <b>Material and methods</b>: 70 pharmaceutical representatives working with different pharmaceutical companies in Romania answered questions regarding practices of drug dispensing. Different variables were taken into account: age, gender, type of education, and length of employment time. Collected data were analyzed with SPSS 17.0. <b>Results</b>: over 70% of the pharmaceutical representatives consider that pharmacists counsel the patient regarding other drug brand names and take into consideration patient financial contribution when dispensing a certain drug. Regarding the relationship of the pharmacist with doctor and rep, 65% of pharmaceutical representatives consider the relationship with the doctor, and 40% the relationship with the rep, important when dispensing a drug. No important differences were identified in relation to the gender or type of education. <b>Conclusion</b>: the study provides information regarding pharmaceutical representatives¡¯ opinions on practices of drug dispensing. More than 2/3 of the reps consider that pharmacists are counseling the patient regarding a drug to a high level.},
doi={10.12691/ajphr-4-3-2}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}