Group purchasing organizations : an undisclosed scandal in the US healthcare industry
S. Prakash Sethi
| Year of publication: |
2009
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| Authors: | Sethi, S. Prakash |
| Publisher: |
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan |
| Subject: | Einkaufsgemeinschaft | Cooperative purchasing | Gesundheitswesen | Health care system | Regulierung | Regulation | Interessenpolitik | Lobbying | Gesundheitspolitik | Health policy | USA | United States |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov] |
| Extent: | XVI, 183 S. graph. Darst. |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references Healthcare industry in the United StatesIndustry structure of group purchasing organizations -- Market dominance and anticompetitive conduct of GPOs -- Government created protections of the GPO industry : financial burden of GPO activities on the U.S. healthcare industry -- GPO activities, conflict of interest, and their adverse consequences for the healthcare providers -- Congressional deliberations of GPO operations -- Congressional drive towards regulatory reform -- The GPO industry's efforts in creating a voluntary code of conduct : the Hanson report -- Theoretical underpinnings for creating effective industry-wide voluntary codes of conduct -- Healthcare group purchasing industry initiative (HGPII). Healthcare industry in the United States -- Industry structure of group purchasing organizations -- Market dominance and anti-competitive conduct of GPOs -- Government created protections of the GPO industry -- GPO activities, conflict of interest, and their adverse consequences for the healthcare providers -- Congressional deliberations of GPO operations -- Congressional drive towards regulatory reform -- The GPO industry's efforts in creating a voluntary code of conduct : the Hanson report -- Theoretical underpinnings for creating effective industry-wide voluntary codes of conduct -- Healthcare group purchasing industry initiative (HGPII). 0906 |
| ISBN: | 0-230-60767-5 ; 978-0-230-60767-5 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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