Questionnaire

Section 1

The following questions are aimed to collect data regarding the research extraneous variables:

  A) Please answer the following:

  Reference No.: (Included in the email)

   Age: .. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

  Gender: ... Male Female

  Academic Qualification:

  Ethnicity: ... Malay Chinese Indian Others

  Job Title:

  B) How often do you participate in the selection of the drugs which are being purchased by the hospital?

   Please choose the most appropriate: ... Always Usually Sometimes Seldom Never   

   C) How often do you participate in the process of purchasing drugs to the hospital?

   Please choose the most appropriate: ... Always Usually Sometimes Seldom Never   

Section 2

The following questions are aimed to collect data regarding the process of the drugs purchase decision making

  A) In general, who makes the drug purchase decision?

   (Please tick the appropriate box)   

  One person only (Please specify profession): ... Doctor Pharmacist Nurse/Medic Administrator (non-health professional) Others

  B) Does the hospital’s policy restrict the purchase of generic drugs?

  (Please select the most appropriate answer):   ... Yes No (if Yes, please proceed to section 4)

  C) Does the hospital’s policy restrict the purchase of branded drugs?

  (Please select the most appropriate answer):   ... Yes No (if Yes, please proceed to section 4)

Section 3

The following questions are aimed to collect data regarding the purchase behavior of the hospital regarding 3 testing products

  N.B: GSK= GlaxoSmithKline, BMS= Bristol-Myers Squibb

  A) In what proportions does the hospital purchase Rantidine 150mg tab.?

   (Please select the most appropriate answer): ... 100% GSK’s Zantac 80-99% GSK’s Zantac and 1-19% Malaysian generic Rantidine 60-79% GSK’s Zantac and 20-39% Malaysian generic Rantidine 40-59% GSK’s Zantac and 40-59% Malaysian generic Rantidine 20-39% GSK’s Zantac and 60-79% Malaysian generic Rantidine 1-19% GSK’s Zantac and 80-99% Malaysian generic Rantidine 100% Malaysian generic Rantidine Product does not exist in the hospital

  B) In what proportions does the hospital purchase Salbutamol Inhaler 0.1mg/dose?

   (Please select the most appropriate answer): ... 100% GSK’s Ventolin 80-99% GSK’s Ventolin and 1-19% Malaysian generic Salbutamol 60-79% GSK’s Ventolin and 20-39% Malaysian generic Salbutamol 40-59% GSK’s Ventolin and 40-59% Malaysian generic Salbutamol 20-39% GSK’s Ventolin and 60-79% Malaysian generic Salbutamol 1-19% GSK’s Ventolin and 80-99% Malaysian generic Salbutamol 100% Malaysian generic Salbutamol Product does not exist in the hospital

  C) In what proportions does the hospital purchase Metformin 500mg tab.?

   (Please select the most appropriate answer): ... 100% BMS’s Glucophage 80-99% BMS’s Glucophage and 1-19% Malaysian generic Metformin 60-79% BMS’s Glucophage and 20-39% Malaysian generic Metformin 40-59% BMS’s Glucophage and 40-59% Malaysian generic Metformin 20-39% BMS’s Glucophage and 60-79% Malaysian generic Metformin 1-19% BMS’s Glucophage and 80-99% Malaysian generic Metformin 100% Malaysian generic Metformin Product does not exist in the hospital

Section 4

The following questions are aimed to collect data regarding the influence of price and quality over the drug purchase behavior of the hospital.

  A) In general, does the hospital prefer buying the lower price drug?

  (Please select the most appropriate answer): ... Always Usually Sometimes Seldom Never

  B) In general, does the hospital prefer buying the higher quality drug?

  (Please select the most appropriate answer): ... Always Usually Sometimes Seldom Never

  C) How do you feel about the following statement?

‘The hospital considers and evaluates the cost effectiveness of drugs before buying them’.

  (Please select the most appropriate answer): ... Strongly agree Mildly agree Neither agree or disagree Mildly disagree Strongly disagree

Section 5

The following questions are aimed to collect data regarding the process which the hospital uses to evaluate drugs quality.

  A) How do you feel about the following statement?

‘The hospital evaluates the quality of drugs base on the opinion of doctors’.

  (Please select the most appropriate answer): ... Strongly agree Mildly agree Neither agree or disagree Mildly disagree Strongly disagree

  B) In your opinion, do you feel that the quality of foreign branded drugs is always better than that of the Malaysian generic drugs?

  (Please select the most appropriate answer): ... Strongly agree Mildly agree Neither agree or disagree Mildly disagree Strongly disagree  

Section 6

The following questions are aimed to collect data regarding the difference in intensity of the marketing activities between foreign branding companies and Malaysian generics companies.

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