%0 Journal Article %T Drug shortages in large hospitals in Riyadh: a cross-sectional study %A Ahmed Alghamdi %A Albandari AlNasser %A Areej Alayed %A Asma Alathbah %A Bander Balkhi %A Danah Alsuhaibani %A Hadeel AlKofide %A Maali Alshammari %A Refaa¡¯h AlAjmi %A Yazed Sulaiman AlRuthia %J Archive of "Annals of Saudi Medicine". %D 2017 %R 10.5144/0256-4947.2017.375 %X Drug shortages are a serious and complex issue in any healthcare system. We conducted this study because the prevalence of drug shortages in Saudi Arabia is largely unknown, while there have been reports of shortages %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6074191/