Add to ORKGWe study how delivery times and prices for hospital medical devices respond to the introduction of centralized procurement. Our identification strategy leverages a legislative change in Italy that mandated centralized purchases for a sub-set of devices. The statutory centralization generated a reduction in prices and an increase in delivery times for centralized purchases relative to non-centralized purchases. We use data on quantities and on suppliers to discuss the mechanisms potentially underlying our findings
open4noThe research was funded by the Health Department of Emilia-Romagna (Italy), and we thank Euge...
We study how changes in Diagnosis\u2010Related Group price regulation affect hospital behaviour in q...
In this work, we sought to better understand the possible role of eprocurement in the evolving strat...
We study how delivery times and prices for hospital medical devices respond to the introduction of c...
Technological innovation in healthcare yields better health outcomes but also drives healthcare expe...
This paper analyzes the process of centralization of public procurement in Europe, with an emphasis ...
The Italian medical device industry experiences a strong regulatory influence due to the predominant...
We study how changes in Diagnosis-Related Group price regulation affect hospital behaviour in quasi-...
We show that the introduction of the procurement centralization within the regional healthcare syste...
Centralization of purchasing activities is an escalating trend for both public and private organizat...
After analyzing 2018-2020 reports on procurement procedures it was established that in 2020, the sha...
The public procurement of medical devices is increasingly relying on auction mechanisms to move towa...
We use data from seven low and middle income countries with diverse drug procurement systems to asse...
Due to the economic crisis and the predominance of drug expenditure in healthcare costs, the coopera...
When designing a national public procurement system, the degree of centralization (or, equivalently,...
open4noThe research was funded by the Health Department of Emilia-Romagna (Italy), and we thank Euge...
We study how changes in Diagnosis\u2010Related Group price regulation affect hospital behaviour in q...
In this work, we sought to better understand the possible role of eprocurement in the evolving strat...
We study how delivery times and prices for hospital medical devices respond to the introduction of c...
Technological innovation in healthcare yields better health outcomes but also drives healthcare expe...
This paper analyzes the process of centralization of public procurement in Europe, with an emphasis ...
The Italian medical device industry experiences a strong regulatory influence due to the predominant...
We study how changes in Diagnosis-Related Group price regulation affect hospital behaviour in quasi-...
We show that the introduction of the procurement centralization within the regional healthcare syste...
Centralization of purchasing activities is an escalating trend for both public and private organizat...
After analyzing 2018-2020 reports on procurement procedures it was established that in 2020, the sha...
The public procurement of medical devices is increasingly relying on auction mechanisms to move towa...
We use data from seven low and middle income countries with diverse drug procurement systems to asse...
Due to the economic crisis and the predominance of drug expenditure in healthcare costs, the coopera...
When designing a national public procurement system, the degree of centralization (or, equivalently,...
open4noThe research was funded by the Health Department of Emilia-Romagna (Italy), and we thank Euge...
We study how changes in Diagnosis\u2010Related Group price regulation affect hospital behaviour in q...
In this work, we sought to better understand the possible role of eprocurement in the evolving strat...