Do Public-Private Partnerships add value to healthcare delivery?

Public-private partnerships for providing healthcare services.

The public-private partnership is an initiative to improve efficiency, effectiveness and equity in the provision of healthcare services. This essay comments on the lessons that should be learned from some examples of such partnerships in various Indian states.

Spanish healthcare Public Private Partnerships : the ‘ Alzira model ’

Global infrastructure reports suggest that, in the wake of the fiscal crisis, healthcare Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) are seen as a growing area as governments switch attention to social welfare projects. Spain is unique in having had a PPP hospital in operation for over a decade which is funded through a capitation fee. This paper takes a critical approach to evaluate the project, with o...

Public-Private Partnerships

Public-Private Partnerships and Cooperative Agreements in Municipal Service Delivery

This study uses quantitative and qualitative survey data on the use of public-private partnership in provision and production of public services by municipalities in predominantly rural New Hampshire (USA). Descriptive analysis suggests that town officials are less satisfied with the quality of privatized services, suggesting that privatization involves some tradeoff between costs and quality. ...

Public Private Partnerships : added value by organisational form or management ?

The central idea of public private partnerships (PPPs) is that added value can be achieved from greater co-operation between public and private actors. In general, the literature speaks of PPPs in which public and private actors develop a more or less sustainable cooperation through which they realise products, services, or policies together, share risks and develop an organisation form to arra...