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Strategic Health Purchasing and Health System Performance in Nigeria
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022Purchasing has been adopted by many countries as a mechanism to achieve greater efficiency and improved responsiveness of services to patient demands. This study examined the effects of strategic health purchasing on health system performance in Nigeria. The data for the study was collected using a purposive sampling survey in the Akure metropolis. The
Saheed O. Olayiwola, Francis O. Adeyemi
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International Journal of Health Governance, 2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the most important factors for strategic purchasing of health services in the health sector by the Iran Health Insurance Company and to provide an applicable model for other similar organizations in developing countries.
Aziz Rezapour +6 more
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the most important factors for strategic purchasing of health services in the health sector by the Iran Health Insurance Company and to provide an applicable model for other similar organizations in developing countries.
Aziz Rezapour +6 more
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Challenges of implementation: Strategic purchasing in Iran Health Insurance Organization
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2018Summary Background Strategic purchasing has been introduced as a key strategy for solving the problems faced by insurance companies. In Iran, the government has mandated the Iran Health Insurance Organization (IHIO) to implement this strategy.
Ali Reza Kalantari +3 more
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The Requirements of Strategic Purchasing of Health Services for Cancer Patients
The Health Care Manager, 2019The strategic purchasing creates dynamics and providers' competitiveness among the internal market of governmental sector with ensuring appropriate payments and promoting quantity-quality of service delivery that lead to improve the health system efficiency.
Samereh, Yaghoubian +2 more
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Value in Health Regional Issues, 2019
To understand the stewardship challenges in strategic purchasing of health care in Iran's health system from the viewpoints of experts, policy makers, and decision makers.This was a qualitative study.Researchers used interviews and FGDs for collecting and framework analysis for analyzing data.Stewardship challenges were classified into three themes and
Leila Doshmangir +2 more
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To understand the stewardship challenges in strategic purchasing of health care in Iran's health system from the viewpoints of experts, policy makers, and decision makers.This was a qualitative study.Researchers used interviews and FGDs for collecting and framework analysis for analyzing data.Stewardship challenges were classified into three themes and
Leila Doshmangir +2 more
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Strategic Purchases of Bundled Products in a Health Care Supply Chain Environment*
Decision Sciences, 2009ABSTRACTRecent articles in the Wall Street Journal summarize the state of business practice in American hospitals by shedding light on the state of supply chain management practices and foci in today's health care supply chains. In health care, the single largest cost after labor is materials, and it has been documented that health care facilities can ...
Anthony D. Ross, Vaidyanathan Jayaraman
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Strategic Purchasing of Health Services in Senegal
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023Adja Thiané Guéye Diaw +4 more
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Key strategic challenges facing purchasers of health care—a Scottish perspective
Journal of Nursing Management, 1996This paper describes the key strategic challenges facing a purchaser of health care services in central Scotland. The paper describes a number of key issues including influencing the health of the local population, the financial constraints, the development of alliances and the involvement of service users in planning.
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Lessons on Strategic Purchasing of Health Services in Kenya
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023Angela Kairu +6 more
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The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2018
SummaryThe notion of strategic purchasing has gained increasing currency in the global health policy discourse. It is believed that an active prudent purchaser is able to act in the best interest of both government and consumers as a third party negotiating with providers for cost‐effective care. It would be wrong, however, to assume that the formation
Kai Liu, Alex Jingwei He
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SummaryThe notion of strategic purchasing has gained increasing currency in the global health policy discourse. It is believed that an active prudent purchaser is able to act in the best interest of both government and consumers as a third party negotiating with providers for cost‐effective care. It would be wrong, however, to assume that the formation
Kai Liu, Alex Jingwei He
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