Logistics performance: critical factors in the implementation of end-of-life management practices in the pharmaceutical care process.

ABSTRACT: The management of healthcare waste and end-of-life medication coming from different sources are primary challenges faced by public health leaders. Several factors may be considered critical and inhibitive to reverse logistics within the context of waste management processes. If those factors are not addressed, they may become obstacles to reverse logistics implementation. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect that critical factors play in the adoption of end-of-life management practices for medication and its influence on logistics performance. Literature provided some critical factors: management factor, collaboration factor, information technology factor, infrastructure factor, politics factor, financial and economic factor, end-of-life management practices, and logistics p

SUBMITTER: de Campos EAR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9676775 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature