Results of EAHP's 2018 Survey on Medicines Shortages

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2018-001835" target="_blank" >10.1136/ejhpharm-2018-001835</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Results of EAHP's 2018 Survey on Medicines Shortages

Original language description

Aims and objectives The aim of the 2018 EAHP Survey on Medicines Shortages was to provide a clearer picture on the issue of medicines shortages, including the impact on hospital pharmacists&apos; time, budgets and the effect on patient care. Methods A survey was conducted by the EAHP, collecting information from European hospital pharmacists on the shortage situation in their respective countries. The survey ran from 19 March 2018 to 11 June 2018. Keele University, UK analysed and compared the results to those of the 2014 survey. Results There were 1666 responses to the 2018 survey, which represented a threefold increase from the 2014 survey which received 607 responses. Ninety per cent of respondents answered EUR Yes&apos; when asked if shortages of medicines are a current problem in delivering the best care to patients, while only 7% of respondents answered EUR No&apos;, and 3% &apos;Unsure&apos;. Problems with shortages of antimicrobials were most commonly reported (77% of respondents reporting this as an issue in 2018 vs 57% in 2014), followed by preventative medicines (43% in 2018 vs 20% in 2014) and anaesthetics (39% in 2018 vs 27% in 2014). Fifty-nine per cent of respondents have seen care delayed as a consequence of medication shortages, with cancellations of care (31% of respondents), medication errors (25% of respondents) and suboptimal treatment for patients (25% of respondents) also being frequently reported. Sixty-three per cent of respondents reported having had to pay a higher price to procure from alternate sources most of the time or always when there was a shortage of a medicine. Conclusions Medicines shortages is an increasing problem across Europe and is having an adverse impact on patient care. Medicines shortages are adding to hospital pharmacists&apos; time pressures and have an adverse budgetary impact. More timely information about impending shortages and how long they will last is seen as necessary to help manage the problem.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30104 - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy: Science and Practice

ISSN

2047-9956

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

60-65

UT code for WoS article

000471820200002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85061209973