Controversial role of GPOs in healthcare-product supply chains

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Hu, Qiaohai ^a   Schwarz, Leroy B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAFs; GPOs; healthcare product supply chain; off contract; on contract

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951965193     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2010.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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