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Preferred term
American Hospital Supply Corp.
Definition
- American Hospital Supply Corporation (AHSC) started out as a hospital supply distributor in 1922 and was the major supplier of health care products in the United States for several decades. Foster G. McGaw (1897–1986), the founder of AHSC, developed an international production and distribution network. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; American Hospital Supply Corp.]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/American_Hospital_Supply_Corp.
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