Experiences of selected countries in the use of public-private partnership in hospital services provision.
To review the experiences of selected countries in the use of public-private partnership in the provision of hospital services.



This comparative study was conducted in 2015 in Iran. To collect data, valid databases as well as articles, theses, reports and related books in the field of private-sector partnership in hospital services were employed. Using purposive sampling, countries such as the United Kingdom, Spain, Canada, Turkey, Australia and Lesotho, which had successful experiences in the field of application of the public-private partnership in hospital services, were included. Likewise, the only experience in Iran in this field was also reviewed. Studies done between 1980 and 2015 were examined. The results obtained from each country were compared.



Implementing public-private partnership had great and valuable outcomes and achievements for governmental hospitals. Moreover, clinical and nonclinical service delivery, hospital utilisation and management along with building, repairing and supportive operations through public-private partnership contracts can be differently divided among the partners. Furthermore, duration of the projects ranged from 12 to 40 years in different countries, depending on the type of the model used.



A successful experience in the use of the public-private partnership in the provision of hospital services was observed.
Department of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Tehran, Iran.
Ahmad
A
Sadeghi
Health Human Resources Research Center, School of Management & Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Tehran, Iran.
Omid
O
Barati
Health Human Resources Research Center, School of Management & Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Tehran, Iran.
Peivand
P
Bastani
Department of Economics, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Davood Danesh
DD
Jafari
Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Hospital Management Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Masoud
M
Etemadian
D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D007492:Iran; D007927:Lesotho; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships; D013030:Spain; D014421:Turkey; D006113:United Kingdom
 Public-private partnership (PPP), Hospital services, Comparative study.