Hospital Shared Purchasing:
A shared service which combines the purchasing power of individual organizations or facilities in order to obtain lower prices for equipment and supplies. (From Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)Synonym: joint purchasing, hospital joint purchasing, hospital group purchasing, group purchasing, shared purchasing.
Hospital department responsible for the purchasing of supplies and equipment.
Cooperation among hospitals for the purpose of sharing various departmental services, e.g., pharmacy, laundry, data processing, etc.
A strategy for purchasing health care in a manner which will obtain maximum value for the price for the purchasers of the health care and …
The amounts spent by individuals, groups, nations, or private or public organizations for total health care and/or its various components. These amounts may or may …
Institutional systems consisting of more than one health facility which have cooperative administrative arrangements through merger, affiliation, shared services, or other collective ventures.
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