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A national survey on knowledge and perceptions of senior medical students in Australia about generic medicines

Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali, Kay Stewart and David C M Kong
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01543.x
Published online: 21 January 2008

To the Editor: In Australia, the rising cost of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (a comprehensive system for subsidising prescription medicines for the whole population) has led to the Australian Government instituting a number of cost-saving strategies.


  • 1 Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
  • 2 Department of Pharmacy Practice, Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.


Correspondence: azmihassali@usm.my

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