Date of Conferral
2022
Degree
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
School
Business Administration
Advisor
Ify Diala
Abstract
Hospital leaders are challenged to reduce expenditures that contribute to the overall care for patients. Ineffective strategies to manage medical supply expenditures can increase costs for patient care. Guided by social cognitive theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies hospital leaders used to reduce medical supply expenditures to sustain the rising costs of overall healthcare in the United States. The participants comprised six hospital leaders in the United States who implemented successful strategies to reduce expenditures on medical supplies. Data were collected from documents and through semistructured interviews. Three themes emerged from a five-step analysis process: (a) effective mentoring, (b) improved training, and (c) incentive-driven motivation. A key recommendation is to advance leadership training to address and sustain the overall scope of reducing medical supply expenditures. The implications for positive social change include the potential for enhancing the quality of patient care by reducing medical supply expenditures.
Recommended Citation
Schneckenaichner, Anusorn, "Hospital Leaders’ Strategies for Reducing Expenditures of a Hospital Supply Chain" (2022). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 13102.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/13102
