Publications by authors named "I Kjoenniksen"
Objective: The aim of the study was to assess patients' attitudes towards and experiences of generic substitution 3 years after generic substitution of prescription medicines was permitted in Norway.
Methods: Prescriptions from 2,128 consecutive patients in a Norwegian pharmacy were retrospectively reviewed to identify all patients (n=274) receiving eight or more different prescription drugs on the fifth level in the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system during the last 6 months. An age-adjusted control group (n=269) of patients receiving three to seven different prescription drugs was randomly selected.