Time to look at rules which govern a monopoly game.
What we buy and who we buy it from are basic questions posing growing complexities for the supply service. Do we buy the right things? What about the demand for a central supply council? How alert are we to an expanding monopoly in a contracting industry? The debate in the wake of the Salmon report goes on unabated. Author supplies it with more ammunition on the eve of the supply officers' conference in Nottingham.
D002201:Capital Expenditures; D002497:Centralized Hospital Services / Q000191:economics; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom