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Exploring medical scheme drug formulary influence on general practitioners prescribing decisions
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/68892 Exploring medical scheme drug formulary influence on general practitioners prescribing decisions Makhubela, Lulama ichelp@gibs.co.za Matuka, Ntola UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2018. The purpose of the study was to explore the influence of drug formulary on General Practitioners (GPs) prescribing decisions. Based on the tri-focal theories namely; Agency, Implementation and Planned Behaviour, the study followed a qualitative methodology. A total of 12 GPs in private practice were purposively selected. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted over a month in Johannesburg North. Results of the study confirm that the top four category factors influence most of the GPs. These being; patient factors, external factors, environmental and drug factors. Patient factors included medical aid drug formulary, the drug cost, patients' pathology and affordability. External factors included national treatment guidelines, scientific talks, medical sales representatives and interactions with pharmaceutical companies. Environmental factors included characteristics of GPs such as familiarity and numbers of years in practice. Drug factors included drug efficacy, availability and particularly the drug levies referred to as drug co-payments. This study has business and policy implications in the way health authorities make economic over clinical decisions. The study proposes a decision-making model and further delineates future research in understanding how GPs prescribe. Academically, it adds to the body of knowledge in healthcare. kr2019 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA 2019-04-04T10:17:07Z 2019-04-04T10:17:07Z 30-Mar-19 2018 Mini Dissertation Matuka, N 2018, Exploring medical scheme drug formulary influence on general practitioners prescribing decisions, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68892> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68892 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
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| title | Exploring medical scheme drug formulary influence on general practitioners prescribing decisions |
| title_full | Exploring medical scheme drug formulary influence on general practitioners prescribing decisions |
| title_fullStr | Exploring medical scheme drug formulary influence on general practitioners prescribing decisions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring medical scheme drug formulary influence on general practitioners prescribing decisions |
| title_short | Exploring medical scheme drug formulary influence on general practitioners prescribing decisions |
| title_sort | exploring medical scheme drug formulary influence on general practitioners prescribing decisions |
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| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68892 |