title: Contract management is a challenging but critical component of cost control.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*