Global purchasing organizations
Subtitle: an undisclosed scandal in the U.S. healthcare industry
By: S. Prakash Sethi.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230607675
Subjects: Medical supplies -- Purchasing -- United States; Group Purchasing -- organization & administration -- United States; Health Care Sector -- organization & administration -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Healthcare industry in the United States; title: Industry structure of group purchasing organizations; title: Market dominance and anti-competitive conduct of GPOs; title: Government created protections of the GPO industry; title: GPO activities, conflict of interest, and their adverse consequences for the healthcare providers; title: Congressional deliberations of GPO operations; title: Congressional drive towards regulatory reform; title: The GPO industry's efforts in creating a voluntary code of conduct : the Hanson report; title: Theoretical underpinnings for creating effective industry-wide voluntary codes of conduct; title: Healthcare group purchasing industry initiative (HGPII).