The impact of type of delivery method on medicine waste in households: a questionnaire-based study on outpatients receiving cost-free medicine in the North Denmark Region

Over half of the outpatients reported excess cost-free medication, with the largest excess linked to medication pickup lockers. Patients managing their own pickup tend to accumulate more. To minimise accumulation of medicine for personal use, it may be worth investigating whether deliveries through medication pickup lockers should be scheduled at fixed intervals.