Past research on labour market skill shortages indicates that whether respondents report skill shortages or hard-to-fill vacancies do so for widely different reasons. Nevertheless, there is some consensus that skill shortages analysis needs to examine such shortages within the context of the local labour market in order to understand the labour market dynamics and structural factors that affect...

Editorials 158 Shortages of essential medicines, among them generic injectable chemotherapy agents, are causing increasing concern in the United States of America (USA). However, the problem is far wider, affecting other classes of medicines including injectable anaesthetic agents, such as propofol, intravenous nutrition and elec-trolyte products, enzyme replacement products and radiopharmaceut...

AIM To evaluate personnel involved in scarce drug prioritization and distribution and the criteria used to inform drug distribution during times of shortage among pediatric hematologists/oncologists. METHODS Using the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO) membership list, a 20 question survey of pediatric hematologists/oncologists was conducted via email to evaluate person...