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Outsourcing services in the healthcare sector: balancing risks and benefits

Published:2022-03-02 Issue:3 Volume:28 Page:96-103
ISSN:1358-0574
Container-title:British Journal of Healthcare Management
language:en
Short-container-title:British Journal of Healthcare Management

Author:

Ayaad Omar¹,Al-Ruzzieh Majeda A²,Qaddumi Bayan³,Al Hroub Ahmad²,Ayyad Malik⁴,Abuseif Sami⁵,Çelik Yusuf⁶

Affiliation:

1. Quality and Patient Safety Department, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Muscat, Oman

2. Department of Nursing, King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan

3. Infection Control, King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan

4. Mutah University, Karak, Jordan

5. Al-Ghad International College for Applied Medical Sciences, Saudi Arabia

6. Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

The outsourcing of services in the healthcare sector needs to be thoroughly investigated and comprehensively reviewed to determine the advantages, disadvantages and challenges for healthcare providers. This review explores outsourcing in the context of healthcare services, with the aim of helping managers to understand and facilitate service outsourcing effectively within their healthcare organisations by maintaining the balance between maximising benefits and minimising risks.

Publisher

Mark Allen Group

Subject

Health Policy,Leadership and Management

Link

http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.12968/bjhc.2020.0171

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