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People’s expectations in Ho Chi Minh City when buying over - the - counter drugs to self - treatment

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  • Nguyen Minh Ha

    (Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam)

  • Nguyen The Hung

    (Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam)

Abstract

This objective is to study determinants of people’s expectation in Ho Chi Minh city when buying over – the counter drugs to self – treatment. With a directly surveyed dataset of 403 citizens over 18 years old who purchased medicines for self-treatment, and using the quantitative method by exploratory factor analysis (EFA), the study found factors affecting people’s expectations when buying over – the – counter (OTC) drugs to heal themselves are past purchase and use of non-prescription drugs, experience treating common diseases with OTC drugs, seeking information behavior when intending buying non-prescription drugs, the impression of the-over-counter medications and the impression of pharmacist at pharmacy by Ho Chi Minh city (HCMC) citizens.

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  • Nguyen Minh Ha & Nguyen The Hung, 2015. "People’s expectations in Ho Chi Minh City when buying over - the - counter drugs to self - treatment," HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY, vol. 5(1), pages 60-76.
    • Handle: RePEc:bjw:econen:v:5:y:2015:i:1:p:60-76
    DOI: 10.46223/HCMCOUJS.econ.en.5.1.74.2015
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