According to asurvey conducted in late 2023 and early 2024, 12 percent of European countries who reported experiencing medicine shortages in their countries during the last 12 months reported a shortage of around 300 to 400 medicines. This statistic illustrates the percentage of European countries who reported medicine shortages, by shortage size.
Percentage of European countries who reported medicine shortages as of 2023, by shortage size
Original question: "How many medicines are short in supply at the time of completing this survey? (according to your national definition of a medicine shortage if applicable)?"
PGEU member countries who participated in the survey include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.
Medicine shortage was defined as every (temporary) inability for a community or hospital pharmacy to supply patients with the medicinal product requested as a result of factors beyond their control, requiring the dispensing of an alternative agent or even discontinuation of an ongoing medical therapy.
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PGEU. (January 31, 2024). Percentage of European countries who reported medicine shortages as of 2023, by shortage size [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331187/european-countries-who-reported-medicine-shortages-by-shortage-size/
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PGEU. (2024). Percentage of European countries who reported medicine shortages as of 2023, by shortage size. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331187/european-countries-who-reported-medicine-shortages-by-shortage-size/
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Percentage of European countries who reported medicine shortages as of 2023, by shortage size [Graph], PGEU, January 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331187/european-countries-who-reported-medicine-shortages-by-shortage-size/
