Optimizing national immunization program supply chain management in Thailand: an economic analysis

Riewpaiboon A 1 , Sooksriwong C 2 , Chaiyakunapruk N 3 , Tharmaphornpilas P 4 , Techathawat S 4 , Rookkapan K 5 Show all authors , Rasdjarmrearnsook A 4 , Suraratdecha C 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Division of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Electronic address: arthorn.rie@mahidol.ac.th
  • 2 Division of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
  • 3 School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia; Center of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research (CPOR), Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand; School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA; School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
  • 4 Bureau of General Communicable Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
  • 5 Department of Pharmacy Administration, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
  • 6 United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA
Public Health, 2015 Jul;129(7):899-906.
PMID: 26027451 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.04.016

Abstract

This study aimed to conduct an economic analysis of the transition of the conventional vaccine supply and logistics systems to the vendor managed inventory (VMI) system in Thailand.

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