The role of healthcare supply chain management in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic : hot off the press
Purpose: The study aims to examine the role of health-care supply chain management during the COVID-19 pandemic in a cross-section of 42 selected sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Design/methodology/approach: The study used cross-sectional robust least square regression for parameter estimates. Findings: The results confirmed the N-shaped relationship between the health-care logistics performance index (HLPI) and COVID-19 cases. It implies that initially HLPI increases along with an increase in COVID-19 cases. Later down, it decreases COVID-19 cases by providing continued access to medical devices and personal protective equipment. Again, it increases due to resuming economic activities across countries. Practical implications: The continuing health-care supply chain is crucial to minimize COVID-19 cases. The international support from the developed world in providing health-care equipment, debt resettlement and resolving regional conflicts is deemed desirable to escape the SSA countries from the COVID-19 pandemic. Originality/value: The importance of the health-care supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic is evident in the forecasting estimates, which shows that from August 2021 to April 2022, increasing the health-care supply chain at their third-degree level would reduce coronavirus registered cases. The results conclude that SSA countries required more efforts to contain coronavirus cases by thrice increasing their health-care logistics supply chain.
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2021
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Authors: | Sriyanto, Sriyanto ; Lodhi, Muhammad Saeed ; Salamun, Hailan ; Sardin, Sardin ; Pasani, Chairil Faif ; Muneer, Gulnaz ; Zaman, Khalid |
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foresight. - Emerald, ISSN 1463-6689, ZDB-ID 2028451-2. - Vol. 24.2021, 3/4 (21.12.), p. 429-444
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Emerald |
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