group purchasing

Preferred Label : group purchasing;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : purchasing, joint; purchasing, shared; purchasing, group; joint purchasing; shared purchasing;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Group purchasing organization;

MeSH hyponym : shared purchasing, hospital; purchasing, hospital, joint; hospital group purchasing; Group Purchasing, Hospital; Purchasing, Hospital, Group; Hospital Joint Purchasing; Joint Purchasing, Hospital; Hospital Shared Purchasing; Purchasing, Hospital, Shared;

MeSH annotation : not restricted to hosp purchasing;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group purchasing organization;

Details

Origin ID

D017754;

UMLS CUI

C0206222;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- group purchasing [MeSH concept]
- hospital group purchasing [MeSH concept]
- purchasing, hospital, joint [MeSH concept]
- shared purchasing, hospital [MeSH concept]
See also
- purchasing, hospital [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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