Corruption practices in drug prescribing in Vietnam – an analysis based on qualitative interviews

Corruption practices in drug prescribing in Vietnam – an analysis based on qualitative interviews

Abstract Background Results from a previous study showed that 40 to 60% of the price of off-patent medicines in Vietnam was typically spent to induce prescribers to use the medicines, and to persuade procurement officers within hospitals to buy them. In this article we examine how and why inducement...

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Main Authors: Tuan A. Nguyen, Rosemary Knight, Andrea Mant, Husna Razee, Geoffrey Brooks, Thu H. Dang, Elizabeth E. Roughead
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Developing countries
Ethics / moral perspectives
Health care professionals
Interviews
Semistructured
Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3384-3

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