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Public-private partnerships in health care services: Do they outperform public hospitals regarding quality and access? Evidence from Portugal

dc.contributor.authorFerreira, D.C.
dc.contributor.authorMarques, R.C.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-06T14:11:04Z
dc.date.available2023-09-06T14:11:04Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractPublic-private partnerships (PPPs) are widely spread long-term arrangements between governments and strategic private partner(s). One of their objectives is to reduce the financial pressure on the public treasury with regard to new investments. PPPs have been employed within the health care sector which, in turn, carries a huge social burden. In Portugal, for instance, PPPs in health care concern bundling hospital infrastructure and clinical services management. Notwithstanding the need to ensure sustainability and efficient use of hospital resources, it is clearly compulsory to guarantee that patients receive appropriate and timely care, with maximum security, and equitable manner. Still, little or even no attention has been paid in the literature to the clinical response capacity of PPP hospitals and to the populism arguing that these entities have a lower social performance than typical public hospitals. This study uses robust benchmarking methodologies alongside recent data about Portuguese hospitals (FY2012-FY2017) to demystify this idea and to demonstrate that, actually, PPP hospitals can deliver health care services with social performance levels at least as good as public hospitals.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.seps.2020.100798pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28437
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectHealth policypt_PT
dc.subjectPublic-private partnershipspt_PT
dc.subjectPublic hospitalspt_PT
dc.subjectSocial performancept_PT
dc.subjectBenefit of doubtpt_PT
dc.titlePublic-private partnerships in health care services: Do they outperform public hospitals regarding quality and access? Evidence from Portugalpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.startPage100798pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSocio-Economic Planning Sciencespt_PT
oaire.citation.volume73pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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