Medicine shortages: Implications for the Australian healthcare system. [PDF]
Shortages in medicine supply are usually associated with the now well-known representation of impoverished, underdeveloped countries suffering famine, episodes of vast epidemics, and accounts of immeasurable morbidity and mortality. However, it has become alarmingly clear that medicine shortages are now occurring in the most developed countries in the ...
Chaar BB.
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Medicine shortages: a commentary on causes and mitigation strategies. [PDF]
Shortages of medicines and vaccines have been reported in countries of all income levels in recent years. Shortages can result from one or multiple causes, including shortages of raw materials, manufacturing capacity problems, industry consolidation, marketing practices, and procurement and supply chain management.
Iyengar S, Hedman L, Forte G, Hill S.
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Experience of Pharmacists with Anti-Cancer Medicine Shortages in Pakistan: Results of a Qualitative Study [PDF]
Sundus Shukar +2 more
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Japan essential medicine list and medicine supply issues: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Background Essential medicines lists aim to improve access, affordability, and quality of medicines, though their impact on pricing and supply varies. Japan’s universal coverage addresses key EML policy areas but faces drug shortages linked to generic ...
Camila Heredia +3 more
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Community pharmacists’ perceptions and experiences of medicine shortages in disruptive situations: a qualitative study [PDF]
Rivana Bachoolall +2 more
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Proposal for Handling of Medicine Shortages Based on a Comparison of Retrospective Risk Analysis. [PDF]
Introduction: We reviewed and compared current drug shortages and shortage management practices in six selected countries (Hungary, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Australia, United States) based on the most comprehensive national shortage databases for ...
Turbucz B, Major M, Zelko R, Hanko B.
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Utilisation Trends of Lisdexamfetamine: Insights From Recent Medicine Shortages in Australia [PDF]
Jack Janetzki +2 more
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Medicine shortages: there are solutions! Actions to take to reduce medicine shortages [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to propose solutions to reduce the number and frequency of medicine shortages in Australia. Some of the many factors that contribute to medicine shortages, such as manufacturers’ production processes and business decisions, are outside the control of Australian stakeholders.
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Prominent reports have assessed the challenges to antibiotic innovation and recommended implementing “pull” incentives, i.e., mechanisms that give increased and predictable revenues for important, marketed antibiotics. We set out to understand countries’
Christine Årdal +4 more
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Hospital Supply Chain Optimization under Uncertainty: Application of Fuzzy Goal Programming [PDF]
Developing efficient and effective health care systems has become a major concern for governments and health care decision makers. In-time supply of medicine and efficiency of the inventory and distribution system play a vital role in the hospital supply
Mostafa Salmannejad +3 more
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