Greek Physicians’ Perceptions on Generic Drugs in the Era of Austerity

Table 4

Total and subscale scores.

Subscales	Sex					Region					Specialization					Private-state praxis
	Men		Women			Other		Athens			Specialists		Residents			Private		State
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD		Mean	SD	Mean	SD		Mean	SD	Mean	SD		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Fundamentals Subscale	14.11	3.86	13.35	3.83	0.011	14.24	3.73	13.15	3.99	0.004	13.91	4.15	13.66	3.24	0.476	13.90	4.18	13.72	3.31	0.383
State Audit Subscale	10.64	3.61	10.51	3.25	0.690	10.48	3.38	10.77	3.63	0.385	10.65	3.69	10.47	3.03	0.593	10.76	3.72	10.31	3.04	0.001
Empathy Subscale	11.05	3.56	9.86	2.98	<0.001	10.99	3.47	9.98	3.19	0.002	10.90	3.45	10.04	3.23	0.009	10.84	3.43	10.23	3.31	0.907
Fiscal Subscale	18.31	4.54	18.32	3.96	0.973	18.36	4.23	18.24	4.49	0.772	18.33	4.58	18.29	3.81	0.940	18.40	4.57	18.18	3.91	0.010
Physician Patient Interaction	5.83	1.91	5.64	1.79	0.287	5.91	1.83	5.52	1.90	0.032	5.78	1.93	5.72	1.74	0.762	5.80	1.94	5.69	1.74	0.001
Resources Utilization Subscale	6.75	2.26	6.37	2.26	0.084	6.84	2.18	6.23	2.35	0.007	6.69	2.35	6.45	2.09	0.262	6.65	2.37	6.55	2.10	0.766
Total score	66.69	14.67	64.06	12.90	0.047	66.81	13.90	63.89	14.22	0.033	66.26	15.04	64.64	12.00	0.213	66.35	15.09	64.68	12.28	0.012

Significance level was set to 0.05; higher values indicate better acceptance of generics.