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1 online resource : illustrations |
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SAGE Business Cases |
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SAGE Business Cases
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| Summary |
The Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD), Government of the Punjab, is responsible for providing free of cost public healthcare services within the Punjab province. P&SHD manages a hierarchically organised network of almost three thousand primary and secondary healthcare facilities throughout the Punjab. This case highlights the issue of medicine availability in the Punjab healthcare network. The medicine inventories at these facilities are maintained as per the National Essential Drugs List. These medicines are centrally procured in accordance with the applicable procurement and financial regulations. Suppliers deliver medicines to the designated facilities according to the delivery terms agreed upon in the procurement contract. The purpose of this case is to observe how such a complex inventory system is organised within a public-sector entity which operates under strict procurement and financial regulations. The case also aims to highlight the importance of the systematic alignment of demand forecasting, procurement and distribution functions for efficient functioning of the medicine inventory system |
| Notes |
Originally Published In Jalil, M., Malik, W., Javaid, A., & Khan, A. (2018). Medicine Supply Chain of the Public Healthcare System in the Punjab. Operations Management Education Review, 12(1), 35-44. OMER12-0CS1 |
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National health services -- India -- Punjab -- Case studies
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Business logistics -- India -- Punjab -- Case studies
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Business logistics.
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National health services.
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India -- Punjab.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Malik, Wafa, author
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Javaid, Areeb, author
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Khan, Ali Jan, author
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| ISBN |
9781529734669 |
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1529734665 |
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