Patient access to compounded drugs in paediatrics after discharge from a tertiary centre.

Objective: To describe the problems faced by young patients and their parents when obtaining and using compounded drugs.

Methods: This prospective observational descriptive study included patients 0 to 21 years of age who were discharged from a mother-child tertiary hospital with a prescription containing at least one compounded drug between February 2016 and July 2016. Families were called 7 to 10 business days after discharge to complete a telephone follow-up questionnaire.