Lesotho Hospital and Filter Clinics
2013
This case study explores a public-private partnership (PPP) in Lesotho to build and operate a new major urban hospital and four subsidiary clinics. The case focuses on how a workable PPP was negotiated, the design and implementation of key performance indicators, and the partnership’s sustainability given cost, national health care quality in other areas, and excessive demand for services.
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Lesotho Hospital and Filter Clinics
Source:
Lee H. Lesotho Hospital and Filter Clinics: A Public-Private Partnership. HKS Case No. 1999.0. Harvard Kennedy School Case Program 2013. http://case.hks.harvard.edu/lesotho-hospital-and-filter-clinics-a-public-private-partnership.