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ABC and VED Analysis of Medical Materials of a General Military Hospital in Greece

Authors :
Catherine Kastanioti
Dimitris Niakas
Dimitrios Antonoglou
Source :
Journal of Health Management. 19:170-179
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
SAGE Publications, 2017.

Abstract

ABC and VED analysis of a General Military Hospital of Athens was conducted in order to highlight expensive medical products, as a management tool. The annual consumption and expenditure incurred on each product for the year 2012 was analyzed and inventory control techniques were applied. ABC analysis revealed 5, 15 and 80 per cent products as A, B and C category products, respectively, accounting for 52, 28 and 20 per cent of annual expenditure. VED analysis showed 420, 689 and 2,101 products as V, E and D category products out of 3,210 products.

Details

ISSN :
09730729 and 09720634
Volume :
19
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Health Management
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........d8af18b17986bf9622d202840199dcec
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/0972063416682643