Factors Affecting the Efficiency of Public Private Partnerships for Healthcare Delivery in India

The present study aims to identify the factors that are considered important while assessing the efficiency of healthcare delivery units which are operating as Public Private Partnerships, as well as to rank these factors.

A literature survey was done to identify various input and output factors used in different studies for measuring the efficiency of healthcare units. A pilot questionnaire was developed to test these amongst a group of healthcare professionals and 9 input factors and 9 output factors were selected. The healthcare professionals were asked to rank these factors in the order of their importance in increasing the efficiency of healthcare partnerships.

The ranking obtained in the study shows that in terms of input factors, the strength of human resources is the most important factor for efficient functioning of a PPP. In terms of output factors, the number of healthy deliveries, discharges because of recovery, the number of medical admissions, and occupancy rates are important factors. With the given resources or inputs in terms of human, capital, and technology, these PPPs need to deliver the best possible outputs and outcomes.

The top ranking input and output factors, if improved, can help achieve higher efficiency. The more efficient the PPP model, the more the chances for sustainability of the model.