Changes in Use and Utilisation Patterns of Drugs with Reported Shortages between 2010 and 2024 in Europe and North America A Network Cohort Study

The authors estimated annual incidence rates and period prevalence of medication use during reported shortages. Of 57 medications reported in shortage, they found 33 percent or more declines in rates of initiation of eight, prevalence of use in nine, and changes in indication, duration, and dose of some medications.