The Impact of Perceived Risks on the Consumer Resistance towards Generic Drugs in the Malaysia Pharmaceutical Industry

Abzakh, Anas Ahmad; Ling, Kwek Choon; Alkilani, Khaled

doi:10.5539/ijbm.v8n3p42

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“…In other words, the study investigates the relationship between information source, information channels and information choice of the Arab tourists in Malaysia. As a result, two major hypotheses were generated which are: (1) there is a significant relationship between information source and information choice strategy; (2) there is a significant relationship between information channels and information choice strategy. The hypotheses were tested using the smartpls as against the use of SPSS by the previous studies (Grønflaten, 2008;).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This study adopts a convenient sampling approach of non-probability sampling technique. This sampling technique gives the researcher the opportunity to obtain participants or units that are most conveniently available for the study (Zikmund et al, 2013).One major reason for choosing convenience sampling technique in study is the lack of a proper sampling frame (Abzakh et al, 2013). The sample size for this study is 385 after the treatment of outliers and normality.…”

Section: Population Sampling and Unit Of Analysismentioning

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The Determinants of Information Choice Strategies: Information Source and Information Channels

Al-khateeb¹,

Dahalin²

2015

JSAR

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This study distinguishes between the influence of information source and information channels on the information choice strategies of the Arab tourists in Malaysia. It employed a survey research approach. Primary data was used for the study with questionnaire as the survey instrument. 358 Arab tourists in Malaysia were used as the research subjects for the study. The various hypotheses for this study were tested using the smartPLS analysis technique. The finding of the study revealed that both information source and information channels factors significantly affect the information choice strategies of the Arab tourists. Thus, our study concludes that information choice strategies are individually determined by the information source and information channels. This finding raises important question and direction for future inquiry.

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The Determinants of Information Choice Strategies: Information Source and Information Channels

Al-khateeb¹,

Dahalin²

2015

JSAR

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“…The authors concluded that many consumers in Malaysia are not aware of generic medicines. 36 Abzakh et al 37 investigated the relationship between risk dimensions (financial risk, performance risk, physical risk, time risk, social risk, and psychological risk) and resistance to use of generic medicines in Klang Valley, Malaysia. In this study, 456 consumers who refused generic medicines and purchased original brands completed a self-administered questionnaire (response rate 91.2%).…”

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“…In this study, other risk dimensions including financial risk, time risk, social risk, and psychological risk were not significantly related to resistance to generic medicines. 37 Hoshi and Kimura 38 conducted a survey in the Kanto area of Japan to explore the perceptions and awareness of outpatients' and medical staff regarding generic medicines (only patient results are reported here). In this study, 82.2% of outpatients surveyed knew about generic medicines.…”

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Patient knowledge, perceptions, and acceptance of generic medicines: a comprehensive review of the current literature

Alrasheedy¹,

Hassali²,

Stewart³

et al. 2014

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Background: Generic medicines have the same quality, safety, and efficacy as their counterpart original brand medicines. Generic medicines provide the same therapeutic outcomes but at a much cheaper cost, so are promoted in many countries to contain pharmaceutical expenditure and sustain the health care system. Thus, the perspective of patients and medicine consumers as end users of these medicines is an important factor to enhance the use and utilization of generic medicines. The objective of this paper is to review patients' and consumers' knowledge, perceptions, acceptance, and views of generic medicines in the current literature. Methods: An extensive literature search was performed in several databases, namely Scopus, PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge, Proquest, and the Wiley online library, to identify relevant studies published in the English literature for the period 1990-2013. Results: A total of 53 studies were included in the review, comprising 24 studies from Europe, ten from North America, six from Asia, five from Australia and New Zealand, five from the Middle East, one from Africa, one from Latin America, and one from the Caribbean region. A large body of literature has reported misconceptions and negative perceptions about generic medicines on the part of patients and medicine consumers. Moreover, although it is reported in almost all countries, the percentage of consumers who had such misconceptions varied from one country to another. However, in many countries, there was a meaningful percentage of patients who had negative perceptions and misconceptions about generic medicines. Moreover, such misconceptions and negative perceptions were reported as major obstacles to the use and acceptance of generic medicines among patients. Further, studies that focused on specific populations (eg, patients with epilepsy, psychosis, or renal disease) reported a more negative perception and more resistance to the use of generic medicines. The type of medical condition and its level of seriousness or severity, recommendations by health care professionals, price difference (ie, cost saving), previous experience of generic medicines, and knowledge/information about generic medicines were considered to be important factors that affect a patient's decision to use a generic medicine or a brand medicine. Conclusion:The results from this literature search show that patients and medicine consumers tend to prefer original brand medicines over generic medicines. Further, in many countries, there is still a considerable proportion of patients and consumers who lack adequate knowledge or have insufficient information about generic medicines. Thus, there is a need for educational interventions and activities to educate patients about generic medicines. It is also evident in the literature that health care professionals (physicians and pharmacists) play a key role in the promotion of generic medicines and in patients' acceptance of generic medicines and generic substitution. Hence, health care professionals need to play a more act...

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“…Based on this, a convenience sampling technique was applied to select 200 respondents who participated in the study. Abzakh et al (2013) and Lucky et al (2014) noted that a convenience sampling technique is important where the actual population and sample frame of the study cannot be identfied.…”

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Empirical evidence on the entrepreneurial mind of the female graduate-to-be in Malaysia

Lucky

Minai

2017

IJEIM

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Despite the few researches on entrepreneurial mind of the graduates, the entrepreneurial mind of the female graduate-to-be is yet to be ascertained and therefore remains unexplored. A cross-sectional study of quantitative questionnaire survey approach was conducted. A convenience sampling technique was used to draw 200 Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelor of entrepreneurship students who are in their final semesters Universiti Utara Malaysia. A questionnaire data was generated from 154 female graduates to be through self-administered procedure at UUM. SmartPLS analysis technique was used to analyse the data generated. Overall, the result indicates that attitude, entrepreneurial skill, culture and knowledge are significantly related to entrepreneurial mind of the female graduates to-be. Based on the findings obtained, the study concludes that attitude, entrepreneurial skill, knowledge and culture are very crucial in determining the entrepreneurial mind of the female graduate to-be. The implications, limitations and suggestions for future studies are discussed.

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The Impact of Perceived Risks on the Consumer Resistance towards Generic Drugs in the Malaysia Pharmaceutical Industry

Cited by 18 publications

References 21 publications

The Determinants of Information Choice Strategies: Information Source and Information Channels

The Determinants of Information Choice Strategies: Information Source and Information Channels

Patient knowledge, perceptions, and acceptance of generic medicines: a comprehensive review of the current literature

Empirical evidence on the entrepreneurial mind of the female graduate-to-be in Malaysia

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