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PMID: 10145526 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Influenced by the Japanese management concept of "just-in-time," healthcare organizations are looking to their departmental inventories for possible cost reductions. Some organizations have developed a materials management technique known as stockless inventory, in which much of the management of an organization's supplies is switched to an outside vendor. By eliminating its storeroom and many of the staffing needs that go along with it, a hospital with a stockless inventory program can realize significant cost savings. Whether these savings offset potentially large service fees is a question each hospital must decide on its own. |
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Authors:
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J C Kowalski |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association Volume: 45 ISSN: 0735-0732 ISO Abbreviation: Healthc Financ Manage Publication Date: 1991 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1991-12-05 Completed Date: 1991-12-05 Revised Date: 2000-12-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8215859 Medline TA: Healthc Financ Manage Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 21-2, 24, 26 passim Citation Subset: H |
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Cost Savings
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methods Efficiency* Feasibility Studies Hospital Distribution Systems Inventories, Hospital / organization & administration* Japan Purchasing, Hospital / methods* Time Factors United States |
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