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An approach to improve the healthcare purchase decision: an application in a healthcare centre in Türkiye

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  • Sena Kumcu
  • Bahar Özyörük

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For the healthcare sector, the right supplier selection and order quantity allocation decisions for the healthcare sector are crucial because the healthcare sector must deliver its products and services to its patients properly and on time. However, in this sector, supplier selection and order allocation decision are still not given enough attention. For this reason, there is a significant research and application gap in the literature. In this study, first, in order to determine the annual purchasing needs of the medical equipment that are vital for a healthcare centre in Ankara, Türkiye, always-better-control vital-essential-desirable (ABC-VED) analysis were used. Then six different scenarios for determined vital equipments were created by using goal programming model with GAMS (24.1.3) program to help the decision maker improve the purchase decision process. This proposed approach increases the efficiency of the decision process by providing the decision maker with alternative decision plans.

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  • Sena Kumcu & Bahar Özyörük, 2025. "An approach to improve the healthcare purchase decision: an application in a healthcare centre in Türkiye," International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 17(2), pages 127-141.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijdmmm:v:17:y:2025:i:2:p:127-141
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