Jablonski, Ryan; Seim, Brigitte; Barbosa, Mariana Carvalho - 2023
Medicine theft is a leading cause of inadequate healthcare. Audits of public health supply chains suggest that up to a …. We estimate that 35% of medicines go missing. Most theft occurs after deliveries, presumably by public health staff …-outs and pay more for medicines near facilities with more theft. These findings confirm that theft is a severe public health …