Assessing the environmental, human health, and economic impacts of reprocessed medical devices in a Phoenix hospital's supply chain

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• health impact 80%
• economic impact 78%
• hospital 72%
• human health 60%
• environmental impact 46%
• cost 38%
• life cycle 36%
• compression 34%
• environmental health 32%
• health care 31%
• cotton 29%
• economics 26%
• environmental footprint 20%
• reprocessing 17%
• insurance 16%
• purchase 16%
• ethylene 14%
• electricity 13%
• global warming 12%
• material 12%
• oxide 11%
• water 4%

Business & Economics

• Health Impact 100%
• Human Health 92%
• Medical Devices 85%
• Economic Impact 67%
• Supply Chain 44%
• Environmental Impact 34%
• Compression 32%
• Environmental Health 24%
• Life Cycle Assessment 24%
• Life Cycle 20%
• Cotton 18%
• Economic Benefits 17%
• Life Cycle Cost 11%
• Health Benefits 10%
• Costs 10%
• Environmental Benefits 10%
• Knowledge Gap 10%
• Global Warming 10%
• Health Care Costs 10%
• Reimbursement 9%
• Electricity 7%
• Insurance 6%
• Water 6%
• Proportion 6%
• Healthcare 6%
• Purchase 6%
• Economics 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Biomedical equipment 81%
• Supply chains 73%
• Health 54%
• Economics 47%
• Environmental impact 25%
• Life cycle 17%
• Cotton 15%
• Costs 12%
• Insurance 7%
• Global warming 7%
• Ethylene 7%
• Oxides 5%
• Compaction 5%
• Electricity 4%
• Water 3%