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PP155 Demand Side And Supply Side Of Healthcare Supply Chain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 December 2019

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Abstract

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Introduction

The re-organization of the supply chain (SC) of medicines and medical devices may improve the efficacy and efficiency of the National Health Service (NHS). The aims of this study were to (i) identify the offers provided by private operators to NHS, and (ii) analyze the organizational model of the public healthcare SC system and its criticalities.

Methods

Two online surveys have been designed. Regarding the first survey, managers of private providers associated with the National Association of Commercial and Logistic Operators (ASSORAM) have been interviewed to identify the offers provided to the NHS. The second has been submitted to managers of local health authorities and university hospitals associated to the Italian Association of Hospitals (FIASO) to gather both organizational/managerial information (warehouse capacity, purchasing, registry, security) and qualitative aspects of the SC. Data was collected in 2015.

Results

On the supply side, 41 providers have been interviewed. More than 70 percent of associates managed mainly hospital products; 67 percent of interviewees delivered less than 30 percent of products to hospitals, and only eight percent delivered about 70 percent of the products to hospitals. The providers’ infrastructure (warehouses, transport, information technology, cold chain, gross domestic product) were adequately regulated and they adopted a wide list of indicators for monitoring performance. Private providers showed high interest in investing in the hospital sector. On the demand side (56 hospitals from 28 regions) the main weaknesses of SC are related to infrastructure, information technology, human resources, a lack of financial resources and inadequate process control.

Conclusions

The study highlighted extremely limited outsourcing in the hospital field to date, weaknesses in the public system and a high interest of private providers in investing in public hospital SC.

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Poster Presentations
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