Pharmaceutical Reforms in Victoria's Public Hospitals: Impact on Patients and Providers - Final report

For a number of years there has been criticism of how medicines are provided to patients that are moving between a hospital and community setting. Prior to the 1990s it was not uncommon for a patient discharged after an acute episode to receive up to a month's supply of medications, enough to support the patient until the next review by their GP or outpatient clinic, or to complete the course of treatment.