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A critical look at the Portuguese public–private partnerships in healthcare
Author(s) -
Pereira Miguel A.,
Ferreira Diogo C.,
Marques Rui C.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.3084
Subject(s) - distrust , general partnership , portuguese , health care , private sector , public sector , public–private partnership , business , public relations , public administration , economics , economic growth , political science , finance , economy , law , linguistics , philosophy
The pre‐conceived idea that contracts in a public–private partnership (PPP) regime, in healthcare or in any other economic sector, are, as a rule, ruinous and appealing for only a share of the stakeholders, lacks a solid basis that confirms it. This idea, outset and nurtured by the media, has been instigating the distrust of the users who, in turn, demand a more rigorous and efficient utilisation of public resources. Being Portugal in the top of countries that resort to PPPs, it is urgent to inquire if its respective contracts originated an inefficient and ineffective management of resources. It is precisely this discussion that we address in this paper, focusing our efforts in the Portuguese healthcare sector.