Impact of medicine shortages on patients - a framework and application in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medicine shortages are often described in plain numbers, suggesting all shortages have a uniform impact. However, some shortages have a direct and serious effect on patients and need a prompt reaction from stakeholders. This study aims to create a broad framework to assess the impact of a shortage.

Method

We identified high impact shortages and selected exemplary shortages which we considered our learning cases. From five learning cases, we identified elements that had a potentially profound impact on one or more of these cases. We tested data saturation on the elements with another five test cases. Based on these elements, we created a framework to assess impact of shortages on patients and presented practical examples how to rate these different elements. Subseq

SUBMITTER: Postma DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9670055 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature