Health Care

Group Purchasing

A shared service which combines the purchasing power of individual organizations or facilities in order to obtain lower prices for equipment and supplies. (From Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A shared service which combines the purchasing power of individual organizations or facilities in order to obtain lower prices for equipment and supplies. (From Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)

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Synonyms

14 entry terms
  • Joint Purchasing
  • Shared Purchasing
  • Purchasing, Group
  • Purchasing, Joint
  • Purchasing, Shared
  • Group Purchasing, Hospital
  • Hospital Group Purchasing
  • Hospital Joint Purchasing
  • Hospital Shared Purchasing
  • Joint Purchasing, Hospital
  • Purchasing, Hospital, Group
  • Purchasing, Hospital, Joint
  • Purchasing, Hospital, Shared
  • Shared Purchasing, Hospital

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

not restricted to hosp purchasing

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History Note

94

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Previous Indexing

  • Hospital Shared Services (1972-1993)
  • Purchasing, Hospital (1978-1993)

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  1. N02.278w.216.500.968w.679.375w
  2. N03w.219w.463w.430w
  3. N04w.452.442.452.422w.679.375w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Group Purchasing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017754. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017754
  2. Group Purchasing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_buying
  3. Group Purchasing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1126332