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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Sustainable procurement in healthcare to address value chain

procurement acts as an enabling tool through which the Writing - review & editing: Nitin Labhsetwar, Vijay Agarwal
value chain, particularly the supply chain both upstream
and downstream, may be responsible for prioritizing ESG Ethics approval and consent to participate
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chain toward sustainability.
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It is widely acknowledged that the integration of
sustainability into healthcare procurement can yield Availability of data
numerous advantages, such as ethical responsibility,
minimizing environmental degradation, ensuring patient Data are available from the corresponding author on
safety, and achieving global cost-effectiveness. However, reasonable request. The publication (KRC) number: CSIR-
key challenges, including investments, certain compliance NEERI/KRC/2025/JAN/ER/1.
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