[Discussion] we are measuring PBS at the wrong time and calling it noise
we are measuring PBS at the wrong time and calling it noise. Not a hot take, just something I have not seen said plainly here. The national shortage database is a primary source with expected resolution dates attached. It is public, searchable, and consistently more accurate than reporting about it. Where to look…
Country added to the title. Australia and New Zealand answers differ and the thread was unusable without it.
Cosigning on asking the pharmacy to check the wholesaler. It converts speculation into a fact in one phone call.
Have you checked the shortage database directly?
Australia and New Zealand have different regulators, different funding bodies and different arrangements. An answer for one is not evidence about the other.
the TGA shortage database is public and it is the source, not the news
Are you quoting advice from before the compounded arrangements changed?