Performance Evaluation of Public-Private Partnerships in Health Sector of Pakistan

Abstract

The current study aimed to evaluate the performance of hospitals working under public-private partnership (PPP) using Marshall and Hays model. The model of Marshall and Hays proposed five elements i.e. patient care, doctor’s behavior, financial assistance, technical quality and accessibility that influence hospital performance. We adopt this model to explore the hospital's performance working under PPP in Pakistan. Data were collected from 384 patients from the hospitals working under PPP. The findings of the current study show that patient care, and accessibility of healthcare services to the patients positively influence the performance of public-private hospitals. The results of the study have significant theoretical and practical implications.

Keywords: PFI Model, public private partnership, hospital sector, technical quality

DOI: 10.7176/PPAR/9-1-02