Alice Iosifescu|Ethan A. Halm|Thomas McGinn|Albert L. Siu|Alex D. Federman
Beliefs about generic drugs among elderly adults in hospital-based primary care practices
study aimed characterize seniors beliefs generic drugs examine potential correlates beliefs including socioeconomic health status variables health literacy physician communication skillsolder adults 65 years interviewed two primary care practices innercity tertiary care hospital n 311 beliefs generics measured using scale compared generic brand name drugs across four domains beliefs modeled multivariable linear regressionnegative beliefs generics associated nonwhite race p 00001 lower education p 0008 income p 0001 medicaid coverage p 0001 individuals low health literacy reported physicians poor communication skills likely hold negative views p 00001 p 0003 respectively multivariable analysis black race beta 230 p 0006 inadequate health literacy beta 217 p 00004 remained strongly associated negative views generic drugs poor physician communication skills also predicted negative beliefs generics association significant levels communication skillmany lowincome seniors mistrust generic medications especially africanamericans seniors low health literacyeducational efforts promote generic medications account patients health literacy cultural backgrounds