Can GPOs solve German inpatient budget problems?
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Hospitals complaining that budgetary restrictions put medtech innovations off the agenda could opt for specialisation or make use of group purchasing organisations. So said Professor Gunter Neubauer, director of the Munich-based health economics institute, speaking at a joint Aktion Meditech/Healthcare Bayern symposium on innovation and funding in Berlin last month.