Table 1.

Overall pooled number of responses per category area.

Pharmacovigilance Activity per Category	Number of questions per category	Pooled number of YES answers per category	Pooled number of NO answers per category	Pooled number of answers YES + NO	Percentage of YES/total
Organizational Structure relating to PV	12	259	149	408	63%
AEFI collection from passive reporting	8	171	101	272	63%
AEFI collection from active reporting	9	198	108	306	65%
Management of AEFI	5	132	38	170	78%
Management of Aggregate Reporting	5	118	52	170	69%
Safety Database System	9	124	182	306	41%
PV Quality Management System	8	207	65	272	76%
Safety Signal and Risk Management, and Communication	8	160	112	272	59%
Safety Data Exchange Agreements	3	73	29	102	72%
Total	67	1442	836	2278	63%

This table displays the survey results of the nine PV key activities assessed: The first column indicates the nine different PV key categories; the second column shows the number of questions per category; the third column, the total number of YES responses reported per category, indicating that the respective activities and processes are performed (without any further specification on the level of implementation); the forth column, the total number of NO responses reported per category, indicating that the respective activities/processes are not performed; the fifth column shows the total number of all responses (YES and NO) per category; and the sixth column displays the percentage of YES responses per category.