title: Buying in: IDN reaps GPO benefits.
abstract: The impact of switching to group purchasing contracts on a hospital's supply expenses is often a subject of speculation, but is rarely actually measured. Scott Frost relates how one hospital system isolated the financial impact of joining a national GPO.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frost
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics*; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D017754:Group Purchasing / Q000191:economics*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*