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General Practitioners’ intention to prescribe and prescribing patterns in selected European settings: The OTCSOCIOMED project

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  • Tsiantou, Vasiliki
  • Moschandreas, Joanna
  • Bertsias, Antonis
  • Papadakaki, Maria
  • Saridaki, Aristoula
  • Agius, Dominic
  • Alper, Zuleyha
  • Faresjo, Tomas
  • Klimkova, Martina
  • Martinez, Luc
  • Samoutis, George
  • Vlček, Jiří
  • Lionis, Christos

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The aim of this paper is to explore general practitioners’ (GPs) prescribing intentions and patterns across different European regions using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB).

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  • Tsiantou, Vasiliki & Moschandreas, Joanna & Bertsias, Antonis & Papadakaki, Maria & Saridaki, Aristoula & Agius, Dominic & Alper, Zuleyha & Faresjo, Tomas & Klimkova, Martina & Martinez, Luc & Samouti, 2015. "General Practitioners’ intention to prescribe and prescribing patterns in selected European settings: The OTCSOCIOMED project," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 119(9), pages 1265-1274.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:119:y:2015:i:9:p:1265-1274
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.06.006
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