title: Activity-based costing saves on supply distribution costs.
abstract: Activity-based costing is coming, but is your organization ready? A few pioneering hospitals are already reaping the operational and economic benefits of activity-based costing in their materials management, and now the VHA purchasing alliance is offering this costing option to its 1,200 hospital members. The concept is simple, so why aren't there more takers? Here are the details on this pragmatic pricing approach that could save your facility plenty.
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods*; D003284:Contract Services; D003361:Cost Allocation / Q000379:methods*; D017754:Group Purchasing / Q000639:trends; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006750:Hospital Distribution Systems / Q000191:economics*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States