Inside the Black Box: Organisational Buying Behaviour and Strategic Purchasing in Healthcare: A Response to Recent Commentary

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1 Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

2 Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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We read the Hanson et al1 paper with great interest, utilising as it does our IJHPM paper, ‘What’s Needed to Develop Strategic Purchasing in Healthcare? Policy Lessons from a Realist Review.’2 ... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 8, Issue 11
November 2019
Pages 675-677

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  • Receive Date: 16 August 2019
  • Accept Date: 17 August 2019
  • First Publish Date: 01 November 2019

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