Promise and problems with supply chain management approaches to health care purchasing

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 192-202

  Ford, Eric W ^a   Scanlon, Dennis P ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Key diffusion of innovation; Medical errors; Quality control; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; MANAGED CARE; MARKETING; PURCHASING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547670439     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000281623.35987.cf     Document Type: Review

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