Group Purchasing Organizations
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Group Purchasing Organizations

An Undisclosed Scandal in the U.S. Healthcare Industry

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Group Purchasing Organizations

An Undisclosed Scandal in the U.S. Healthcare Industry

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Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) are a massive subset of the healthcare industry that negotiate lower costs for healthcare supplies by buying for several hospitals at once. Group Purchasing Organizations provides an analysis and critique of this industry.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2009
ISBN
9780230621725
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Economic Theory
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Exhibits and Tables
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Prologue* Hearing of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights
  11. 1 Healthcare Industry in the United States
  12. 2 Industry Structure of Group Purchasing Organizations
  13. 3 Market Dominance and Anticompetitive Conduct of GPOs
  14. 4 Government Created Protections of the GPO Industry: Financial Burden of GPO Activities on the U.S. Healthcare Industry
  15. 5 GPO Activities, Conflict of Interest, and Their Adverse Consequences for the Healthcare Providers
  16. 6 Congressional Deliberations of GPO Operations
  17. 7 Congressional Drive toward Regulatory Reform
  18. 8 The GPO Industry’s Efforts in Creating a Voluntary Code of Conduct: The Hanson Report
  19. 9 Theoretical Underpinnings for Creating Effective Industry-wide Voluntary Codes of Conduct
  20. 10 Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative (HGPII)
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index