How Efficient Is the Sustainable Management of Healthcare Supply Chains of the United Nations Member States?

IF 13.3 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Business Strategy and The Environment Pub Date : 2025-09-20 DOI:10.1002/bse.70208

Maria Castro Tavares, Miguel Alves Pereira, Ana Isabel Carvalho

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Abstract

Sustainable practices are essential for the long‐term viability of healthcare systems worldwide, making the study of healthcare supply chains crucial. This research evaluates the efficiency of sustainable healthcare supply chain management across United Nations (UN) Member States by integrating Sustainable Development Goal indicators with network Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). This methodological approach enables a detailed evaluation of efficiency by decomposing supply chains into interconnected stages, capturing the multidimensional nature of sustainability. Unlike traditional DEA models, network DEA accounts for internal interactions within supply chains, offering precise insights into inefficiencies at specific stages. The study reveals significant variability in supply chain efficiency, independent of human development levels, indicating that lower development indices do not preclude high efficiency when effective policies are implemented. Using data from the UN database, this analysis encompasses economic, environmental and social dimensions, challenging assumptions of a direct correlation between higher human development levels and supply chain efficiency. The findings highlight the importance of context‐specific strategies and provide novel insights into the drivers of efficiency, offering a robust framework for targeted improvements in global healthcare supply chains. The unexpected outperformance of some lower‐developed countries underscores the universal potential to achieve more sustainable and efficient healthcare supply chains.

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联合国会员国保健供应链可持续管理的效率如何？

可持续实践对于全球医疗保健系统的长期可行性至关重要，因此对医疗保健供应链的研究至关重要。本研究通过将可持续发展目标指标与网络数据包络分析（DEA）相结合，评估了联合国（UN）成员国可持续医疗供应链管理的效率。这种方法通过将供应链分解为相互关联的阶段，捕捉可持续性的多维性，从而能够对效率进行详细评估。与传统的DEA模型不同，网络DEA考虑了供应链内部的相互作用，对特定阶段的低效率提供了精确的见解。该研究揭示了供应链效率的显著变化，与人类发展水平无关，表明在实施有效政策时，较低的发展指数并不妨碍高效率。该分析使用了联合国数据库中的数据，涵盖了经济、环境和社会维度，挑战了人类发展水平提高与供应链效率直接相关的假设。研究结果强调了特定环境战略的重要性，并对效率驱动因素提供了新颖的见解，为全球医疗保健供应链的有针对性改进提供了强有力的框架。一些欠发达国家出人意料的优异表现凸显了实现更可持续、更高效的医疗保健供应链的普遍潜力。

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22.50

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19.40%

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336

期刊介绍： Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE) is a leading academic journal focused on business strategies for improving the natural environment. It publishes peer-reviewed research on various topics such as systems and standards, environmental performance, disclosure, eco-innovation, corporate environmental management tools, organizations and management, supply chains, circular economy, governance, green finance, industry sectors, and responses to climate change and other contemporary environmental issues. The journal aims to provide original contributions that enhance the understanding of sustainability in business. Its target audience includes academics, practitioners, business managers, and consultants. However, BSE does not accept papers on corporate social responsibility (CSR), as this topic is covered by its sibling journal Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. The journal is indexed in several databases and collections such as ABI/INFORM Collection, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, BIOBASE, Emerald Management Reviews, GeoArchive, Environment Index, GEOBASE, INSPEC, Technology Collection, and Web of Science.