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