title: Group buying a plus for clinical equipment.
abstract: Although so far few hospitals have ventured into group purchasing of clinical equipment, three multi-hospital systems have found it to be an effective tool for cost containment.
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000191:economics*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States