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Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs): An Overview

In: The Healthcare Value Chain

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  • Lawton Robert Burns

    (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

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Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) have been long-term players in the healthcare ecosystemEcosystem for over a century, but have gained some unwelcome notoriety in the last two decades. During the early 2000s, they were the subject of (in turn): several exposé articles in The New York TimesNew York Times, four Antitrust Subcommittee hearings sponsored by the U.S. Senate Judiciary CommitteeSenate Judiciary Committee, and several reports by the Government Accountability Office (GAO)Government Accountability Office (GAO). They were named or unnamed co-conspirators in several lawsuits brought by small product manufacturersManufacturers alleging restraint of trade and anticompetitive practices.

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  • Lawton Robert Burns, 2022. "Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs): An Overview," Springer Books, in: The Healthcare Value Chain, chapter 0, pages 45-110, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-10739-9_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-10739-9_3
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