Prevalence and Severity of Rationing During Drug Shortages: A National Survey of Health System Pharmacists

Andrew Hantel; Mark Siegler; Fay Hlubocky; Kevin Colgan; Christopher K Daugherty

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8251

Prevalence and Severity of Rationing During Drug Shortages: A National Survey of Health System Pharmacists

JAMA Intern Med. 2019 May 1;179(5):710-711. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8251.

Authors

Andrew Hantel^{1

2}, Mark Siegler¹, Fay Hlubocky², Kevin Colgan³, Christopher K Daugherty²

Affiliations

¹ The Maclean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
² Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Pharmacy, The University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.

Abstract

This study examines national survey results from hospital pharmacy managers to investigate current drug allocation and rationing practices of US hospitals during drug shortages.

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers
Adult
Female
Health Care Rationing*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pharmaceutical Preparations / supply & distribution*
Pharmacists*
Pharmacy Service, Hospital*
Pharmacy*
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States

Substances

Pharmaceutical Preparations