Study finds stockless inventory saves money, but many barriers keep it from gaining favor.
A major study commissioned by the Health Industry Distributors Assn. finds a lot of merit in the conversion of hospitals to stockless inventory. But it also finds a lot of resistance and barriers.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003363:Cost Control; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006750:Hospital Distribution Systems; D007445:Inventories, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics*