A Study on ‘Why Outsourcing in Health Care’ by Friedman Two-way Analysis of Variance Method

Abstract

Outsourcing is not new and is growing in consonance with advancement of technical innovations, speed of digital communications, transformation and changes in the business environment and with that of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of world as whole. It is being used by the business mangers as more of a strategic weapon to garner the competitive advantage and mitigate the competitive forces of the business. While outsourcing has many success stories, when used properly, with an objective of service providers, as partner in progress, is not free from negative consequence. Hence, understanding that outsourcing help the business leaders, the practicing owners, practicing administrators, decision makers in health care sector those who battle on a day–to–day basis to effectively manage the available scare resources, by making a conscious approach, while deciding in favor of outsourcing. An attempt has been made in this research to test the reasons in favor of outsourcing in health care sector.