Open AccessHow do community pharmacies in Ontario manage drug shortage problems? Results of an exploratory qualitative study
Author(s) -
Gea Panic,
Xuan Yao,
Paul Gregory,
Zubin Austin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian pharmacists journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.468
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1913-701X
pISSN - 1715-1635
DOI - 10.1177/1715163520958023
Subject(s) - economic shortage , pharmacy , government (linguistics) , exploratory research , qualitative research , medicine , business , nursing , social science , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , anthropology
Pharmacists report spending a considerable amount of time dealing with drug shortages. There is no research in Canada identifying and describing the strategies and resources that pharmacists use to minimize disruption and continuity of care for patients.