[Generic drugs at hospital discharge: assessment in geriatrics].

Objectives: To assess the impact of physician awareness to promote the prescription and the dispensing of generic drugs at hospital discharge.

Methods: The study consisted in a Before/After Study design including the analysis of medical prescriptions at hospital discharge, after a pharmaceutical intervention to physicians in a geriatric ward. Each drug was classified according to its terms of prescribing (International Nonproprietary Name (INN), Generic or Trade Name).