Adverse impacts of medicine shortages on patients in European countries 2023

Adverse impacts of medicine shortages on patients in European countries who reported medicine shortages as of 2023

CharacteristicPercentage of respondent countries
Cause distress and inconvenience 100%
Interruption of treatments 88%
Increased co-payments 73%
Sub-optimal treatment/inferior efficacy 73%
Medication errors 35%
Adverse events/greater toxicity 15%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Percentage of respondent countries100%100%88%88%73%73%73%73%35%35%15%15%Cause distress and inconvenienceInterruption of treatmentsIncreased co-paymentsSub-optimal treatment/inferior efficacyMedication errorsAdverse events/greater toxicity
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Release date

2024

Region

Europe

Survey time period

December 4, 2023 to January 17, 2024

Number of respondents

26 PGEU member countries

Supplementary notes

Original question: "In your experience, how have medicine shortages adversely affected patients in your country? Tick all that apply."
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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