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		Health Title: Public hospitals: options for reform through private-public partnerships Author(s): Rob Taylor; Simon Blair Posted Date: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 Keywords: clinical indicators, financial risk, health care, health care costs, health expenditures, hospital beds, hospital care, hospital management, hospital patients, hospital services, income, medical services, national health insurance, outpatient care, patients, Private Sector, public health, public health insurance, Public Hospitals, tax Copyrights: The World Bank Type: File Decription: As governments struggle with rising health care costs, public-private in partnerships in constructing and anaging public hospitals can provide innovative ways to control costs and improve service. Experience shows that such partnerships offer significant benefits as long as policymakers structure the transactions carefully and create sound regulatory arrangements to ensure universal access, quality care, and improvements in efficiency. Download File: Public hospitals options for reform through private-public partnerships, Volume 1.pdf (302K)