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Strengths and Weaknesses of Strategic Health Purchasing for Universal Health Coverage in Rwanda

open access: yesHealth Systems & Reform, 2022
In the context of scarce resources and increasing health care costs, strategic purchasing is viewed as a key mechanism to spur countries’ progress toward universal health coverage (UHC), by using limited resources more effectively.
Stella M. Umuhoza   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Landscape of Strategic Health Purchasing for Universal Health Coverage in Burkina Faso: Insights from Five Major Health Financing Schemes

open access: yesHealth Systems & Reform, 2022
Strategic health purchasing is a key strategy in Burkina Faso to spur progress toward universal health coverage (UHC). However, a comprehensive analysis of existing health financing arrangements and their purchasing functions has not been undertaken to ...
Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Purchasing under threat: Changes in shopping patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
The spreading of COVID-19 has led to panic buying all over the world. In this study, we applied an animal model framework to elucidate changes in human purchasing behavior under COVID-19 pandemic conditions.
Sebastian Schmidt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resource allocation and purchasing arrangements to improve accessibility of medicines: Evidence from Iran

open access: yesJournal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 2015
Objective: The aim of this study was to review the current methods of pharmaceutical purchasing by Iranian insurance organizations within the World Bank conceptual framework model so as to provide applicable pharmaceutical resource allocation and ...
Peivand Bastani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An analysis of awe evoked by COVID-19 on green purchasing behavior: A dual-path effect of approach-avoidance motivation

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
The spread of the COVID-19 virus shows that it is time to re-emphasize the ethical attitude of “awe of others, awe of nature, and awe of life.” It once again reveals the importance of green development. In this study, we introduce awe into the context of
Weihuan Su   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The challenges of strategic purchasing of healthcare services in Iran Health Insurance Organization: a qualitative study

open access: yesElectronic Physician, 2018
Background: Strategic purchasing in healthcare services is a key component in improving health system performance, and it has been one of the most important issues in health system reform around the world, especially Europe in the last decade.
Hasan Abolghasem Gorji   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Hybrid Cloud ERP Framework For Processing Purchasing Data

open access: yesCoRR, 2022
Cloud-based enterprise resource planning (cloud ERP) systems have existed in the business market for around ten years. Cloud ERP supports enterprises' daily activities by integrating organizational back-end systems in the cloud environment. One of the critical functions that cloud ERP offers is the purchasing application.
openaire   +2 more sources

Navigating the socio-technical impacts of purchasing digitalisation: A multiple-case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The wave of digitalisation is impacting companies at multiple levels. Beside the most researched impacts on manufacturing, also other business functions are subjected to the change.
Colombo, Jacopo   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

A critical analysis of purchasing arrangements in Kenya: the case of micro health insurance

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Strategic purchasing can ensure that financial resources are used in a way that optimally enhances the attainment of health system goals.
Kenneth Munge   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Performance-Based Financing A Pathway to Strategic Purchasing in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Synthesis of the Evidence

open access: yesHealth Systems & Reform, 2022
Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have implemented performance-based financing (PBF) to improve health system performance. Much of the debate and analysis relating to PBF has focused on whether PBF “works”—that is, whether it leads to improvements in ...
Dennis Waithaka   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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