PURPOSE This study compared in-hospital mortality within 30 days of admission, lengths of stay, and inpatient charges among patients with heart failure admitted to public and private hospitals in South Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS We obtained health insurance claims data for all heart failure inpatients nationwide between November 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012. These data were then matched with ho...

Public Private Partnerships (PPP) have been common in infrastructure for many years and are increasingly being considered as a means to finance, build, and manage hospitals. However, the growth of hospital PPPs in the past two decades has led to confusion about what sorts of contractual arrangements between public and private partners consititute a PPP, and what key differences distinguish publ...