Are Supply Chain Inefficiencies a Threat to Healthcare?
Abstract
Altering healthcare’s inefficient supply chain may eliminate the dangers posed by numerous inefficiencies. The manufacturing of healthcare supplies and medical equipment is becoming increasingly complex. Companies are expanding their product selection to meet rapidly changing market demand, emerging economies want more affordable products, quality and compliance issues are rising because products are more complex, regulations are stricter, and the number of drug recalls is increasing. But the supply chain is still split into pieces with weaknesses that put patients at risk, cost billions in value, and lessen the healthcare sector’s ability to take on the challenges it faces.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Healthcare Policy and Management
Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
Global Health Care Issues
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Productivity Press eBooks
- Pages
- 27–29
- Publication date
- 8 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter