An Empirical Study of the Consortium Purchasing of Healthcare Materials
碩士 === 嘉南藥理科技大學 === 醫療資訊管理研究所 === 97 === This study aimed to determine independent factors that affect the price of awarding of healthcare materials through hospital purchasing consortium. The data of the price of awarding, number of tenders, purchase quantity and defects regarding to items purchase...
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/q4628f |
| Summary: | 碩士 === 嘉南藥理科技大學 === 醫療資訊管理研究所 === 97 === This study aimed to determine independent factors that affect the price of awarding of healthcare materials through hospital purchasing consortium. The data of the price of awarding, number of tenders, purchase quantity and defects regarding to items purchased longitudinally over 5 years in the period 2000 to 2006 were retrieved from one academic center healthcare materials database. In order to obtain more precise estimates, generalized estimating equation (GEE) was conducted. Results of GEE demonstrated that number of tenders having slightly negative related to the price of awarding of healthcare materials at the significance level, whereas associations between purchase quantity or defects and the price of awarding of healthcare materials were no significant. The findings were in accordance with the claims hospital purchasing consortium to raise volume to garner discounts on healthcare materials.
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