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The Health Care Value Chain: Producers, Purchasers, and Providers Hardcover - 2002 - 1st Edition
by Wharton School Colleagues, Burns, Lawton R
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- Title The Health Care Value Chain: Producers, Purchasers, and Providers
- Author Wharton School Colleagues, Burns, Lawton R
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
- Date 2002-04-04
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000741879
- ISBN 9780787960216 / 0787960217
- Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.12 x 1.36 in (23.62 x 15.54 x 3.45 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Organizational effectiveness, Medical care
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002016113
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.433
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First line
This book analyzes developments in the U.S. health care value chain over the past decade.
From the jacket flap
Written by Lawton R. Burns and a panel of expert contributors, from the prestigious Wharton School, The Health Care Value Chain analyzes the key developments and future trends in the United States' health care supply chain. Based on a groundbreaking research initiative underwritten by the industry/university consortium-- the Center for Health Management Research-- this important book offers an in-depth examination of how the health care supply chain helps create value and competitive advantage.
The Health Care Value Chain offers a thorough examination of the trading relationships among the manufacturers of health care products, the distributors, the group purchasing organizations, and the hospital customers and end users of those products. And the authors show how health care professionals and manufacturers can work together to form beneficial strategic alliances. The Health Care Value Chain
- Shows how the health care value chain works
- Uncovers the complexity of product procurement and delivery
- Reveals the pathways and stumbling blocks to improved value chain operations
- Describes the strategies of manufacturers in three product areas-pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and medical-surgical products
- Explains the strategies of group purchasing organizations and wholesaler/distributors
- Reveals the role of e-commerce in the health care value chain
- Compares the health care value chain with the "extended enterprise" model found in the auto industry
- Offers insights into the hospital customer of the future