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Strategic management in purchasing [PDF]
, 2000 The concept of a purchasing department waiting passively until client groups have decided what they need and when they need it is no longer acceptable. To survive in this high competition world, the purchasing professionals should change the way they used to do business in the past.
Gürpınar, İ. Murat
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What is strategic purchasing for health? [PDF]
, 2014 Ever since the publication of the 2000 World Health Report, there has been a growing awareness that health financing is not simply about raising money. Instead, there are three key functions of health financing: revenue generation, pooling and purchasing.
Honda, Ayako
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Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 2016 Objective: Pharmaceutical access for the poor is an essential factor in developing countries that can be improved through strategic purchasing. This study was conducted to identify the elements affecting price in order to enable insurance organizations ...
Peivand Bastani +3 more
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Pharmaceutical strategic purchasing: a key to improve access to medicines. [PDF]
Iran J Pharm Res, 2015 Pharmaceuticals are often considered as the most significant cost driver of health care expenditures and at the same time have a major impact on patients’ curative processes and outcomes. Other pieces of evidence emphasize that drugs are the input for the production of good health.
Mehralian G, Bastani P.
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Active Purchasing: Empirical Insights From the Dutch Healthcare System and Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Comment on “Measuring Active Purchasing in Healthcare: Analysing Reallocations of Funds Between Providers to Evaluate Purchasing Systems Performance in the Netherlands” [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and ManagementStadhouders et al critically examines the assumptions behind managed competition, revealing that competitive systems alone may not drive efficiency gains through fund reallocation.
Xiaohui Hou, Yanfang Su
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THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF THE PURCHASING FUNCTION - STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT
, 2011 Problem. The importance of strategic alignment between the purchasing and the firm strategy has increased in recent years because it has been pointed out as a mean to improve business performance. However, the use of different sourcing strategies depending on the characteristics of the components that firms are purchasing has not been considered when ...
Mera Ruiz De Lira, Jesus
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Health Systems & Reform, 2022 Despite limited government budgets for health in many sub-Saharan African countries, some countries have improved health outcomes at low cost by being strategic in allocating and spending available resources.
Obinna Onwujekwe, Prince Agwu
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Health Systems & Reform, 2022 Strategic purchasing of high-priority services is a critical part of effective spending to advance UHC goals. Available conceptual frameworks for strategic purchasing have facilitated high-level advocacy and policy dialogue, and they have framed research
Cheryl Cashin, Agnes Gatome-Munyua
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Health Economics Review, 2021 Background Tracking general trends in strategic purchasing of health financing mechanisms will highlight where country demands may exist for technical support and where progress in being made that offer opportunities for regional learning.
Chinyere Mbachu +7 more
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Health Systems & Reform, 2022 For Nigeria to make progress on its commitment to universal health coverage, additional public funding will be required. But more resources alone will not be enough.
Uchenna Ezenwaka +7 more
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