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Procurement architecture as a determinant of rehabilitation system performance: insights from Ukraine's prosthetics sector.

Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026 · Narrative Review

Aadrian Sullivan, Volodymyr Golyk, Marlee Elizabeth Quinn, Oleh Karpov

PMID 42444757

What this paper is

This is a policy analysis of how prosthetic components are purchased and distributed in Ukraine's rehabilitation system. It describes the procurement structures across public, private, and NGO providers, identifies challenges in fragmented purchasing, and proposes reform approaches such as pooled procurement and framework agreements. It reports no patients, no clinical outcomes, and no intervention results, so there is nothing here to change how you treat a patient.

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    Aadrian Sullivan, Volodymyr Golyk, Marlee Elizabeth Quinn, et al. Procurement architecture as a determinant of rehabilitation system performance: insights from Ukraine's prosthetics sector. Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences. 2026.

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