Table 3 Procurement attributes in a secondary healthcare system
Types of Procurement | • Bulk Procurement | • Local Purchase (LP) |
|---|---|---|
Budgetary Distribution | • 75% | • 15% - Day-to-day Purchase • 10% - Emergency and Disaster Management |
Pharmacists’ Role in Procurement | • Demand Generation at the hospital level • Technical member of the district purchase committee | • Demand processing • Receiving medicine from a local vendor and physical verification of the stock |
Factors Involved in Demand Generation | • Previous year’s consumption • Prescribing trend • Allocated budget • Standard Medicine List (SML) | • Items unavailable in bulk procurement |