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Chapter 28 - Public–Private Partnership in Health Care Services

from Section 2 - Transforming Health Systems: Confronting Challenges, Seizing Opportunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2022

By
A. Venkat Raman
Edited by
Sameen Siddiqi ,
Awad Mataria ,
Katherine D. Rouleau  and
Meesha Iqbal
Sameen Siddiqi
Affiliation:
Aga Khan University
Awad Mataria
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, Egypt
Katherine D. Rouleau
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Meesha Iqbal
Affiliation:
UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston
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Summary

Governments across L&MICs are exploring public private partnership (PPP) as a policy option to improve access to health care services for its citizens, in their journey towards UHC. The scope and objectives of PPPs in health care sector are primarily threefold: i) to augment healthcare infrastructure such as hospitals, ii) to improve service delivery effectiveness; and iii) financing or purchasing of services from the private sector to mitigate impoverishment of the vulnerable population. PPPs are complex professional contracts. Political and administrative commitment, stakeholder engagement, and building trust are key foundations to public private partnerships. Policy, legal and institutional framework, regulatory ecosystem, and organizational capacities with fiscal support are key ingredients for effective partnerships.

Keywords

Public Private PartnershipPrivate Sector EngagementPartnership ModelsScope for Private Sector EngagementBenefits of Health Sector Private PartnershipContractingOutsourcing and PurchasingChallenges in Public Private PartnershipsOperationalising Public Private PartnershipL&MIC
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Making Health Systems Work in Low and Middle Income Countries
Textbook for Public Health Practitioners
 , pp. 435 - 448
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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