Description
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the United States' health care supply chain. This book offers an examination of how the health care supply chain helps create value and competitive advantage. It presents an examination of the trading relationships among the manufacturers of health care products, the distributors, the hospital customers and end users of those products.
Table of ContentsPreface.
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
Part I: Value Chain Basics.
1. The Wharton School Study of the HealthCare Value Chain (Lawton R. Burns, Robert A. DeGraaff, Patricia M. Danzon,John R. Kimberly, William L. Kissick, and Mark V. Pauly).
2. Importance of the Health Care Value Chain (Lawton R. Burns and Robert A. DeGraaff).
3. How the Health Care Value Chain Operates (Lawton R. Burns).
Part II: The Intermediaries.
4. Role of Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) (Lawton R. Burns).
5. Role of Wholesalers and Distributors (Lawton R. Burns and Robert A. DeGraaff).
6. Threats of Disintermediation Facing Distributors (Robert A. DeGraaff and Lawton R. Burns).
Part III: The Manufacturers.
7. Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (Lawton R. Burns and Patricia M. Danzon).
8. Medical Device Manufacturers (Robert A. DeGraaff and Mark V. Pauly).
9. Medical-Surgical Manufacturers (Lawton R. Burns).
Part IV: E-Commerce.
10. E-Commerce in Health Care Manufacturers,Distributors, and GPOs (Lawton R. Burns and Robert A. DeGraaff ).
11. E-Commerce and Integrated DeliveryNetworks (IDNs) (Lawton R. Burns).
Part V: Conclusion.
12. Conclusion (Lawton R. Burns and John R. Kimberly).
Index.
