title: Implementing value analysis in a small hospital.
abstract: Purchasing and materials managers at small hospitals are under the same pressures to reduce non-salary expense costs as their counterparts at larger institutions; however, they face a different situation and must employ different strategies. In several recent issues, HMM has looked at both why and how materials managers should perform value analysis. In this article, the author, a materials manager at a small hospital, discusses to problems in implementing value analysis in the smaller hospital.
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States