title: Centralized distribution: reducing ownership costs by streamlining hospital logistics.
abstract: All Quebecers have access to a public health system that enables them to receive high-quality healthcare, regardless of their individual ability to pay. With the aim of improving effectiveness and efficiency and achieving cost savings in managing public funds allotted to the healthcare network, SigmaSanté intends implementing a central distribution of medical supplies needed by healthcare facilities in Montréal and Laval, Québec, as has been done in many other jurisdictions for numerous years.
authors.affiliation: SigmaSanté, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Chantal S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Laurin
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010067:Ownership / Q000191:economics*; D011792:Quebec