European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

CHANGING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MIXES IN HEALTH CARE SECTOR IN SOUTH-AFRICA

Gbeneol J. Tombari*

ABSTRACT

Public and private partnership is an answer to the high demand for infrastructure which is at all times high. Private companies in conjunction with the public sector or one of its branches have therefore introduced this solution which provide a more integrated financial design construction, maintenance and operational solution to infrastructure projects. This study was aimed at examining changing public private partnership (PPP) mixes in health care sector in South-Africa. The study was carried out to reflect/reveal or bring to light the perennial problems of the healthcare mixes within a period of six months. This research examined the public-private sector mixes in healthcare system using South Africa as a case study. South African law examined PPP as a contract between a government institution and private party performs an institutional function and/or uses state property in terms of output specifications, whereby, substantial project risk (financial, technical, operational) is transferred to the private party, while the private party benefit through unitary payments from government. South Africa has long recognized partnership of the public and private sectors as an important policy objective in healthcare but poor documentation has hindered the knowledge of her experiences. A number of factors have been identified to be behind the success public private interactions in South Africa.

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