Managing the healthcare demand-supply gap during and after COVID-19: The need to review the approach to healthcare priority-setting in South Africadoi:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.vl11i1.15239Solanki, G. C.Wilkinson, T.Daviaud, E.Besada, D.Tchuem, C. R. ...
Even before the pandemic had an impact outside of China, we pinpointed Jabil Healthcare products – such as respirators, test equipment and pulse oximeters – that would positively impact the fight against COVID-19. Anticipating a dramatic increase in demand, we collected a list of more than...
Supply and demand shocks COVID-19 Structural vector autoregressions Sign restrictions 1. Introduction The COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent public health policy response have caused widespread disruption in most economies. On one hand, authorities around the world have enforced containment and mitigation ...
Supply chain resilience Healthcare supply chain Healthcare procurement Resource dependence theory COVID-19 pandemic 1. Introduction Growing cost pressure, rising demand, and increasing competition have driven efficiency awareness and increased interdependencies in healthcare supply chains (HCSCs), leading to...
Richard Wilding explains supply chain challenges during COVID-19 One of the world’s leading logistics experts gives his assessment of how COVID-19 has impacted the interconnected world of demand and supply. Professor Richard Wilding has spent a long and illus...
The government’s stockpile of critically needed medical supplies and equipment is nearly drained just as the numbers of people infected with the coronavirus and in need of critical care is surging. Back in January, the first alarms were sounding about t
The impacts of COVID on labor in the food supply chain and on workers' decisions to accept essential jobs are discussed. We then analyze surveys administered to low锕昸illed domestic workers before and during the pandemic to assess respondents' attitudes toward food production, guest workers, ...
Pfizer on Friday committed to supply up to 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year to a World Health Organization-backed effort to get affordable shots to poor and middle-income countries. The deal is a boost to the global program known as COVAX, as wealthy nations have sna...
Due to the high necessity of medical face masks and face shields during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare centers dealing with infected patients have faced
FOX 2-GettingCOVID-19 vaccinesinto arms is the priority for health departments all across southeast Michigan. SE Michigan’s three biggest counties grapple with demand for vaccines The reality about the vaccine process is that they need more supplies to be successful, say health officials...