Arrangements with the NHS for providing healthcare services: do they improve financial performance of private for-profit hospitals in Spain?

Arrangements with the NHS for providing healthcare services: do they improve financial performance of private for-profit hospitals in Spain?

Abstract Background In developed countries around the world there is a trend to enhance the public-private collaboration in healthcare. In Spain, a decentralized country with a NHS funded with taxes and universal coverage, commissioning to for-profit private hospitals the production of healthcare se...

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Main Authors: María Victoria Ruiz-Mallorquí, Inmaculada Aguiar-Díaz, Beatriz González- López Valcárcel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Health Economics Review
Subjects:
Hospitals
Financial performance
Private commissioning in healthcare
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-021-00304-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-021-00304-4

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