Research Catalog

Title

The health care value chain : producers, purchasers, and providers / Lawton R. Burns, and Wharton School colleagues.

Author

Burns, Lawton R.

Publication

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Wharton School

Description

xvi, 444 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Health Care Economics and Organizations
• Organizational effectiveness
• Marketing channels > Management
• Medical care > Miscellanea
• Health Services Administration
• Marketing of Health Services
• Physical distribution of goods > Management
• Medical economics
• Economics, Medical

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Value Chain Basics. 1. The Wharton School Study of the Health Care Value Chain / Lawton R. Burns, Robert A. DeGraaff and Patricia M. Danzon / [et al.]. 2. Importance of the Health Care Value Chain / Lawton R. Burns and Robert A. DeGraaff. 3. How the Health Care Value Chain Operates / Lawton R. Burns -- Pt. II. The Intermediaries. 4. Role of Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) / Lawton R. Burns. 5. Role of Wholesalers and Distributors / Lawton R. Burns and Robert A. DeGraaff. 6. Threats of Disintermediation Facing Distributors / Robert A. DeGraaff and Lawton R. Burns -- Pt. III. The Manufacturers. 7. Pharmaceutical Manufacturers / Lawton R. Burns and Patricia M. Danzon. 8. Medical Device Manufacturers / Robert A. DeGraaff and Mark V. Pauly. 9. Medical-Surgical Manufacturers / Lawton R. Burns -- Pt. IV. E-Commerce. 10. E-Commerce in Health Care - Manufacturers, Distributors, and GPOs / Lawton R. Burns and Robert A. DeGraaff.
• 11. E-Commerce and Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) / Lawton R. Burns -- Pt.V. Conclusion. 12. Conclusion / Lawton R. Burns and John R. Kimberly.

ISBN

0787960217

LCCN

2002016113

OCLC

• ocm48858299
• SCSB-4792614

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries