Table 1

Response rate of hospital pharmacists (n=1497) to EAHP’s 2023 medicine shortages surveys compared with the 2014, 2018 and 2019 surveys grouped by country

CountryResponses (2023)Responses (2019)Responses (2018)Responses (2014)
Austria24442921
Belgium1011359094
Bosnia and Herzegovina1426199
Bulgaria9936
Croatia32232625
Cyprus*4221
Czech Republic51114264
Denmark421025
Estonia20121715
Finland912331
France2083581923
Germany2062077810
Greece331108414
Hungary17373312
Iceland1294
Ireland18435147
Italy63347341
Latvia5042
Lithuania3218
Luxembourg8730
Malta83611
Montenegro5640
North Macedonia4234144
Norway3212111
Poland12123213
Portugal691298542
Romania2069242
Serbia5977208
Slovakia721002316
Slovenia2722185
Spain107198190105
Sweden757750
Switzerland4083677
The Netherlands17292011
Turkey218615
UK90832917
Total 1497 2130 1664 582
  • *Cyprus became an EAHP member in June 2023 and also contributed to the 2023 Shortage Survey.