Supply Chain Collaboration, Innovation and Performance of Private Healthcare Organisations Supply Chain Collaboration, Innovation and Performance of Private Healthcare Organisations

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the mediating effect of supply chain innovation on supply chain collaboration and private healthcare performance. An explanatory research design was adopted and was supported by the quantitative research approach. A total of 206 private healthcare organizations in the Greater Accra region was used as the sampling frame and questionnaires were employed in collecting the data. A sample size 178 was used. SPSS, version 26 software was employed for data analysis. The study indicated that supply chain collaboration and supply chain innovation have a statistically significant positive relationship. Moreover, the results indicated that when the effects of other variables are statistically controlled, supply chain collaboration contributes to a statistically significant positive change in supply chain innovation of private healthcare organizations. Finally, the study asserted that supply chain innovation partially mediates the predictive relationship between supply chain collaboration and the performance of private healthcare organizations. Therefore, private healthcare organizations must be willing to collaborate with member in the supply chain to procure and supply drugs and non-drugs items.