Inventory management in hospital environments: a case study at a public outpatient clinic for children
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https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.v14n4.6089Keywords:
Cost minimization. Hospital logistics. Inventory management.Abstract
In general, health organizations should have excellent logistics, especially for inventory and cost management, in order to remain active in a competitive market. It is also indispensable to improve the level of customer service. Therefore, it is essential to have managers with outstanding competence to conciliate conflicting goals: inventory cost minimization and maintenance of satisfactory patient care. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the methods of inventory management adopted at a public pediatric outpatient clinic in order to make suggestions and recommendations for logistics optimization.Downloads
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2016-12-21
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Andrade, W. A., de Oliveira, M. A. M., Navazava, T., & Formigoni, A. (2016). Inventory management in hospital environments: a case study at a public outpatient clinic for children. Exacta, 14(4), 527–536. https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.v14n4.6089
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