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Classification of medicines and materials in hospital inventory management: a multi-criteria analysis

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Journal Article

Amanda Assis

Ana Santos

Lucas Santos

João Costa

Marco Cabral

Ricardo Souza

Publication

Abstract
Abstract Background In the hospital environment, to achieve an optimum level of operations and service, it is necessary to develop adequate inventory management system. Stocks can be managed, amongst other ways, through inputs classification, which is generally carried out based on a single criterion, such as monetary value, demand or criticality, which does not fully address the complexity of a hospital’s inventory management system.
Year of Publication:
2022
Volume:
22
Issue:
1

Identifiers

ISSN:
1472-6947
Other Numbers:
126480674

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DOI:
10.1186/s12911-022-02069-0

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