Cross verification of prescribing trends through loop evaluation of physicians, patients and medical store personnel

Table 6 Inter-population deviation in responses and perception about prescription

Prescription aspects	Inter-group comparison		p value*
Medicines of multinational companies are more effective	Patients	Medical Store	0.600
	Patients	Physician	0.692
	Physician	Medical Store	0.543
Physicians are inclined to prescribe the economical medicines	Patients	Medical Store	< 0.001
	Patients	Physician	< 0.001
	Physician	Medical Store	0.105
Medicines of multinational and local companies are equally effective	Patients	Medical Store	< 0.001
	Patients	Physician	< 0.001
	Physician	Medical Store	< 0.045
Medicine of multinational companies are prescribed more due to their availability at nearby pharmacy	Patients	Medical Store	0.912
	Patients	Physician	< 0.001
	Physician	Medical Store	< 0.001
Rational prescription practices are being followed by physicians	Patients	Medical Store	< 0.001
	Patients	Physician	< 0.001
	Physician	Medical Store	0.179
High-prices local medicines are also as effective as multinational medicines	Patients	Medical Store	< 0.001
	Patients	Physician	< 0.001
	Physician	Medical Store	0.037
A liaison exists between impact of physician to influence the dispensing pattern of local pharmacy	Patients	Medical Store	< 0.001
	Patients	Physician	< 0.001
	Physician	Medical Store	0.019
Patient demand medicines of multinational companies	Patients	Medical Store	0.291
	Patients	Physician	< 0.001
	Physician	Medical Store	< 0.001

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