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Group purchasing organizations : an undisclosed scandal in the U.S. healthcare industry
- Title
- Group purchasing organizations : an undisclosed scandal in the U.S. healthcare industry / S. Prakash Sethi.
- Author
- Sethi, S. Prakash.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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- Description
- xvi, 183 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-177) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: Hearing of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights -- 1. Healthcare Industry in the United States -- 2. Industry Structure of Group Purchasing Organizations -- 3. Market Dominance and Anticompetitive Conduct of GPOs -- 4. Government Created Protections of the GPO Industry: Financial Burden of GPO Activities on the U.S. Healthcare Industry -- 5. GPO Activities, Conflicts of Interest, and Their Adverse Consequences for the Healthcare Providers -- 6. Congressional Deliberations of GPO Operations -- 7. Congressional Drive toward Regulatory Reform -- 8. The GPO Industry's Efforts in Creating a Voluntary Code of Conduct: The Hanson Report -- 9. Theoretical Underpinnings for Creating Effective Industry-wide Voluntary Codes of Conduct -- 10. Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative (HGPII) -- Epilogue: A Whistleblower Files a Law Suit against Novation.
- ISBN
- 9780230607675
- 0230607675
- LCCN
- 2008043366
- OCLC
- ocn263294918
- 263294918
- SCSB-5471996
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries