Medicine shortages in Australia - what are we doing about them?

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Implementation Aspects of a Medicines Shortage Policy Tool: Evidence from Australia's Serious Scarcity Substitution Instruments.Drug safety · 2026
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2. Exploring Drug Shortages in the United Kingdom.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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3. Perceptions of pharmacists towards drug shortages in the healthcare system of Pakistan and its impact on patient care: findings from a cross-sectional survey.BMJ open · 2021
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4. Community Pharmacy Staff Knowledge, Opinion and Practice toward Drug Shortages in Saudi Arabia.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2021
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5. Medicine shortages and challenges with the procurement process among public sector hospitals in South Africa; findings and implications.BMC health services research · 2020
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6. The French reporting system for drug shortages: description and trends from 2012 to 2018: an observational retrospective study.BMJ open · 2020
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7. National Medicines Policy 2.0: a vision for the future.Australian prescriber · 2020
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8. Medicines shortages in Pakistan: a qualitative study to explore current situation, reasons and possible solutions to overcome the barriers.BMJ open · 2019
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