Patients perspectives on drug shortages in six European hospital settings - a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is known that drug shortages represent a major challenge for all stakeholders involved in the process, but there is little evidence regarding insights into patients' awareness and perspectives. This study aimed to investigate the patients-perceived drug shortages experience and their view on outcomes in different European hospital settings. Furthermore, we wanted to explore information preferences on drug shortages.

Methods

A retrospective, cross sectional, a mixed method study was conducted in six European hospital settings. One hospital (H) from each of this country agreed to participate: Bosnia and Herzegovina (H-BiH), Croatia (H-CR), Germany (H-GE), Greece (H-GR), Serbia (H-SE) and Poland (H-PO). Recruitment and data collection was conducted over 27 months

SUBMITTER: Kuruc Poje D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8274960 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature