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COVID-19 and the prevalence of drug shortages in Canada: a cross-sectional time-series analysis from April 2017 to April 2022
Brian Lau, Mina Tadrous, Cherry Chu, Lorian Hardcastle and Reed F. Beall
CMAJ June 13, 2022 194 (23) E801-E806; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.212070
Brian Lau
Department of Community Health Sciences (Lau, Hardcastle, Beall), Cumming School of Medicine, and Faculty of Law (Hardcastle), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (Tadrous, Chu), Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Ont.
BHScMina Tadrous
Department of Community Health Sciences (Lau, Hardcastle, Beall), Cumming School of Medicine, and Faculty of Law (Hardcastle), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (Tadrous, Chu), Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Ont.
PharmD PhDCherry Chu
Department of Community Health Sciences (Lau, Hardcastle, Beall), Cumming School of Medicine, and Faculty of Law (Hardcastle), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (Tadrous, Chu), Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Ont.
MScLorian Hardcastle
Department of Community Health Sciences (Lau, Hardcastle, Beall), Cumming School of Medicine, and Faculty of Law (Hardcastle), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (Tadrous, Chu), Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Ont.
SJDReed F. Beall
Department of Community Health Sciences (Lau, Hardcastle, Beall), Cumming School of Medicine, and Faculty of Law (Hardcastle), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (Tadrous, Chu), Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Ont.
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COVID-19 and the prevalence of drug shortages in Canada: a cross-sectional time-series analysis from April 2017 to April 2022
Brian Lau, Mina Tadrous, Cherry Chu, Lorian Hardcastle, Reed F. Beall
CMAJ Jun 2022, 194 (23) E801-E806; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.212070
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