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New paper in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics:
"The Drug Shortage Era: A Scoping Review of the Literature 2001-2019"
We reviewed *430* papers published about drug shortages in the US since 2001.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cpt.1934
"The Drug Shortage Era: A Scoping Review of the Literature 2001-2019"
We reviewed *430* papers published about drug shortages in the US since 2001.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cpt.1934
This mammoth effort was in collaboration with Yizhou Cao ( @UMIOE), Gundy Sweet ( @UMichPharmacy), and Erin Fox ( @foxerinr)!
There has been A LOT of research about drug shortages in the past 20 years.
Our goals for this review were to:
- Synthesize the literature so stakeholders can see the breadth of the impact of shortages
- Produce a roadmap to help folks find new, productive research directions
Our goals for this review were to:
- Synthesize the literature so stakeholders can see the breadth of the impact of shortages
- Produce a roadmap to help folks find new, productive research directions
Major findings:
- Drug shortages have substantial, negative impacts on the US healthcare system (incl. patient outcomes, providers, and costs)
- Much of the lit focused on the effects of shortages, their causes, how health systems have managed them, and ideas for solutions.
- Drug shortages have substantial, negative impacts on the US healthcare system (incl. patient outcomes, providers, and costs)
- Much of the lit focused on the effects of shortages, their causes, how health systems have managed them, and ideas for solutions.
- There is little research on evaluating proposed solutions.
I think researchers will find the supplemental material particularly valuable. We include several tables of references by category to help folks identify relevant papers.
Part of Table S1:
Part of Table S1:
As a note, our paper considers the time frame before COVID-19. Since then, we've seen numerous shortages of PPE, diagnostic kits, and medications.
Unfortunately, shortages aren't new - they've affected our healthcare system for years.
Would this era come to an end.
Unfortunately, shortages aren't new - they've affected our healthcare system for years.
Would this era come to an end.
