title: GPOs under pressure to deliver. Purchasing volume climbs, but Internet firms and independents are challenging the large groups.
abstract: Group purchasing organizations saw another year of increased volume in 1998, according to Modern Healthcare's annual survey of the sector. But in many cases, customers are going off on their own, becoming competitors to the large GPOs. Fledgling Internet firms also are offering new purchasing options.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hensley
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D004465:Economic Competition; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000191:economics; D017754:Group Purchasing / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020407:Internet; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D013523:Surgical Equipment / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations