Hospital Supply Chain Risks Categorization: Q - SORT Technique

Authors

  • ภูมิพร ธรรมสถิตย์เดช
  • ตรีทศ เหล่าศิริหงษ์ทอง

Keywords:

supply chain,, risk factors and healthcare

Abstract

This paper aims to categorize risk factors in healthcare business supply chain. The study commenced with searching articles related to supply chain risk and healthcare. It discovered 36 literatures published in international refereed journals then employed Pareto technique to determine 13 risk issues and 5 risk dimensions. In order to categorize all risk factors based on Thai practitioners in hospital supply management perception, the Q-Sort method was employed to reveal such determination. The results indicate useful group of risk dimensions and risk factors which can be very beneficial for practitioners to support their risk identification activities.

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Published

2020-06-17

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ธรรมสถิตย์เดช ภ. . and เหล่าศิริหงษ์ทอง ต. ., “Hospital Supply Chain Risks Categorization: Q - SORT Technique ”, Eng. & Technol. Horiz., vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 43–48, Jun. 2020.

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Vol. 32 No. 4 (2015): October - December

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Research Articles

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