Promoting Healthcare Delivery Through Partnerships: Nature Of The Public Private Partnership Approach In The Upper West Region Of Ghana
Globally, continuous rising prices, changing disease patterns, and increasing need for sophisticated technology for diagnosis and treatment in healthcare have made PPP an attractive approach in the health sector. However, its content and implementation varies from one location to the other. Using exploratory survey design and a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches, this study explored the nature and character of public partnerships in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study revealed that the partnership between the public health regulators and private care providers in the Region is not adequately complementary in the planning and management of healthcare delivery.
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