Application of the Materials Management Concept to the Hospital Purchasing Organization
Description:
Hospitals have increasingly come under close public scrutiny in the last several years because of the constantly escalating price of health care in the United States. It has been estimated that approximately 30 per cent of a typical hospital's operational budget is devoted to purchasing consumables plus the cost of materials support. The purpose of this study is to examine and compare materials management practices of selected individual hospitals in Texas Health Services Area 5 in order to det…
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Date:
May 1981
Creator:
Vassar, John
Partner:
UNT Libraries