Reasons why medicines are returned to Swedish pharmacies unused.
(2006) In PHARMACY WORLD & SCIENCE 28(6). p.352-358- Abstract
- Objective: To identify the reasons and their relative importance why medicines are returned to Swedish pharmacies unused.
Setting: A random sample of the pharmacies in Sweden.
Method: Interviews using a semi-structered interview form with pharmacy customers returning unused medicines to the pharmacy.
Main outcome measure: Reasons given by patients/relatives/carers for returning unused medicines to the pharmacy.
Results: The four main reasons for returning unused medicines to the pharmacy were: (1) the medicines were too old, (2) the user had died, (3) there was no need for the medicine anymore, and (4) therapy changes. These reasons made up 75% of all reported reasons.
Conclusion: Hoarding or... (More) - Objective: To identify the reasons and their relative importance why medicines are returned to Swedish pharmacies unused.
Setting: A random sample of the pharmacies in Sweden.
Method: Interviews using a semi-structered interview form with pharmacy customers returning unused medicines to the pharmacy.
Main outcome measure: Reasons given by patients/relatives/carers for returning unused medicines to the pharmacy.
Results: The four main reasons for returning unused medicines to the pharmacy were: (1) the medicines were too old, (2) the user had died, (3) there was no need for the medicine anymore, and (4) therapy changes. These reasons made up 75% of all reported reasons.
Conclusion: Hoarding or over-supply of prescribed medicines may explain a large part of the volume of medicines that remain unused. Actions aiming to reduce waste of prescribed medicines ought to focus on those patients who contribute to a substantial part of all unused medicines. (Less)
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- Ekedahl, Anders LU
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- 2006
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Drugs, Drug waste, Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacies, Sweden, Unused medicines
- in
- PHARMACY WORLD & SCIENCE
- volume
- 28
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 352 - 358
- publisher
- Springer
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- wos:000244849800003
- scopus:33846662616
- ISSN
- 0928-1231
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11096-006-9055-1
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 7700bfa4-01ac-42e2-a448-5d260c613ed7 (old id 164915)
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Setting: A random sample of the pharmacies in Sweden.<br/><br>
Method: Interviews using a semi-structered interview form with pharmacy customers returning unused medicines to the pharmacy.<br/><br>
Main outcome measure: Reasons given by patients/relatives/carers for returning unused medicines to the pharmacy.<br/><br>
Results: The four main reasons for returning unused medicines to the pharmacy were: (1) the medicines were too old, (2) the user had died, (3) there was no need for the medicine anymore, and (4) therapy changes. These reasons made up 75% of all reported reasons.<br/><br>
Conclusion: Hoarding or over-supply of prescribed medicines may explain a large part of the volume of medicines that remain unused. Actions aiming to reduce waste of prescribed medicines ought to focus on those patients who contribute to a substantial part of all unused medicines.}},
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