Table 1

Five questions with the lowest mean percentage of positive responses across the different countries

Question		Mean* (2017), %	Mean* (2015), %	Mean* (baseline), %
S6.4	The pharmacists in our hospital routinely publish hospital pharmacy practice research	30.3	32.7	44.2
S5.5.2	Our hospital pharmacy uses computerised decision support to reduce the risk of medication errors	45.2	44.3	N/A
S6.4.4	Have you or your pharmacists engaged in development of local/national guidelines?	50.1	55.7	N/A
S2.5.2	Have you had reason to contact the medicines authority in your country because of medicines shortages?	59.8†	57.8†	N/A
S5.7	The medicines administration process in our hospital ensures that transcription steps between the original prescription and the medicines administration record are eliminated	63.2	66.7	67.9

*The mean percentage of positive responses to a question across all respondent countries.
†Respondents did have a reason to contact the medicines authority.