Physician approaches to drug shortages: Results of a national survey of pediatric hematologist/oncologists

Table 2 Decision makers for shortage drug distribution

	Who makes the decision about distribution of shortage drugs at your institution?	%	Who should make the decision about distribution of shortage drugs at your institution?	%
Pharmacist	128	70.3	147	80.3
Physician	109	59.9	152	83.1
Hospital administration	41	22.5	35	19.1
Panel/group	32	17.6	77	42.1
Ethics committee	8	4.4	35	19.1
Nurse	1	0.5	8	4.4
Parent	1	0.5	6	3.3
Do not know	46	25.3	13	7.1
Total responses	366		473