Doctors working in internal medicine on average accessed information 492 times a month.
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. prices for the world's 20 top-selling medicines are, on average, three times higher than in Britain, according to an analysis carried out for Reuters.
Our results suggest, first, that prices of generics and similar medicines are, on average, half those of originator brands.
This showed that combination therapy containing at least one patented medicine is on average priced 70% higher than combination therapy containing only generic alternatives.
Yet, we continue to spend more on drugs — in part because of the increasing use of so-called biologic medicines, which cost, on average, 22 times as much as ordinary drugs.
However, when looking at individuals using Chinese medicine in combination with other segments, it's interesting to see many made the most frequent visits to Chinese medicine clinics; and on average, they had higher MFPC, signaling more concentrated care, compared with those made the most frequent visits to public or private western medicine segments.
Secondly, it is a common experience that particular patients do particularly well on particular medicines; while medicines may be equally efficacious on average, individual responses to the medicine can be dramatically different [ 43- 45].
An analysis of the 2003 World Health Survey data collected from 39 low- and middle-income countries showed that on average, medicines represented over 57% of outpatient out-of-pocket expenditure at public facilities and over 45% of outpatient out-of-pocket expenditure at private facilities (35).
On average, one-fourth of the respondents discussed medicine use with their family and friends.
Among the 4 participating countries, self-reported medication use indicated that patients took, on average, 1.3 medicines that are known to be driving-impairing.
