title: Public-private partnerships for providing healthcare services.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health and Social Justice, 3 C, H Block Saket, New Delhi 110 017, India. abhijitdas@chsj.org
authors.forename: Abhijit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008489:Medical Indigency; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017149:Private Sector / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017150:Public Sector / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care