caa a22 4500 445332050 CHVBK 20180317142740.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10198-010-0226-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10198-010-0226-6 Generic substitution: micro evidence from register data in Norway [Elektronische Daten] [Dag Dalen, Kari Furu, Marilena Locatelli, Steinar Strøm] The importance of prices, doctor and patient characteristics, and market institutions for the likelihood of choosing generic drugs instead of the more expensive original brand-name version are examined. Using an extensive dataset extracted from The Norwegian Prescription Database containing all prescriptions dispensed to individuals in February 2004 and 2006 on 23 different drugs (chemical substances) in Norway, we find strong evidence for the importance of both doctor and patient characteristics for the choice probabilities. The price difference between brand and generic versions and insurance coverage both affect generic substitution. Moreover, controlling for the retail chain affiliation of the dispensing pharmacy, we find that pharmacies play an important role in promoting generic substitution. In markets with more recent entry of generic drugs, brand-name loyalty proves to be much stronger, giving less explanatory power to our demand model. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Pharmaceutical industry nationallicence Generic substitution nationallicence Microdata nationallicence Random utility model nationallicence Dalen Dag BI Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, Norway aut Furu Kari The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway aut Locatelli Marilena University of Turin and the Frisch Centre, Oslo, Norway aut Strøm Steinar University of Turin and the Frisch Centre, Oslo, Norway aut The European Journal of Health Economics Springer-Verlag 12/1(2011-02-01), 49-59 1618-7598 12:1<49 2011 12 10198 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-010-0226-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-010-0226-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dalen Dag BI Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Furu Kari The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Locatelli Marilena University of Turin and the Frisch Centre, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Strøm Steinar University of Turin and the Frisch Centre, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Journal of Health Economics Springer-Verlag 12/1(2011-02-01), 49-59 1618-7598 12:1<49 2011 12 10198 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer