Countries who had a reporting system for medicine shortages Europe 2023

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

Characteristic	Percentage of respondent countries
Yes	69%
No	31%

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Release date

2024

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

December 4, 2023 to January 17, 2024

Number of respondents

26 PGEU member countries

Supplementary notes

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, Czech Republic, 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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