According to a survey conducted during late 2023 and early 2024, 69 percent of European countries had a reporting system for medicine shortages in place which can be used by community pharmacists. This graph shows the percentage of European countries who had a reporting system for medicine shortages in place which can be used by community pharmacists.
Percentage of European countries who had a reporting system for medicine shortages in place which can be used by community pharmacists as of 2023
Original question: "Does your country have a reporting system for shortages in place which can be used by community pharmacists?"
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, North Macedonia, 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 had a reporting system for medicine shortages in place which can be used by community pharmacists as of 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331282/countries-with-a-reporting-system-for-medicine-shortages-europe/
PGEU. "Percentage of European countries who had a reporting system for medicine shortages in place which can be used by community pharmacists as of 2023." Chart. January 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331282/countries-with-a-reporting-system-for-medicine-shortages-europe/
PGEU. (2024). Percentage of European countries who had a reporting system for medicine shortages in place which can be used by community pharmacists as of 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331282/countries-with-a-reporting-system-for-medicine-shortages-europe/
PGEU. "Percentage of European Countries Who Had a Reporting System for Medicine Shortages in Place Which Can Be Used by Community Pharmacists as of 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331282/countries-with-a-reporting-system-for-medicine-shortages-europe/
PGEU, Percentage of European countries who had a reporting system for medicine shortages in place which can be used by community pharmacists as of 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331282/countries-with-a-reporting-system-for-medicine-shortages-europe/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Percentage of European countries who had a reporting system for medicine shortages in place which can be used by community pharmacists as of 2023 [Graph], PGEU, January 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331282/countries-with-a-reporting-system-for-medicine-shortages-europe/
