TY - JOUR AU - Andersson, Karolina A. AU - Petzold, Max G. AU - Allebeck, Peter AU - Carlsten, Anders PY - 2008 DA - 2008/02/29 TI - Influence of mandatory generic substitution on pharmaceutical sales patterns: a national study over five years JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 50 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Mandatory generic substitution was introduced in Sweden in October 2002 in order to try to curb escalating pharmaceutical expenditure. The aim of this study was to investigate how sales patterns for substitutable and non-substitutable pharmaceuticals have developed since the introduction of mandatory generic substitution; furthermore, to compare sales patterns in different groups of the population, based on patients' age and gender. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-50 DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-8-50 ID - Andersson2008 ER -