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1 Sep 2013

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Taryn Vian, Nathalie McIntosh, Aria Grabowski, Bram Brooks, Brian Jack, Elizabeth Limakatso Nkabane - Boston Univ. Center for Global Health and Development

Endline Study for Queen ‘Mamohato Hospital Public Private Partnership [Lesotho]

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In 2006, the Government of Lesotho (GoL) adopted a major new public private partnership (PPP) approach...[with] two purposes: First, to replace the aging...Queen Elizabeth II (QEII), the 100-year old national referral hospital...and to extend and upgrade the network of urban filter clinics which...provided publicly-funded health care services...[Second,] to engage the private sector in new ways to ensure that these new facilities functioned effectively...to provide more efficient, higher quality care and expanded access...Boston University’s Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD) and LeBoHA, conducted a study of Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital, gateway clinic, and the three urban filter clinics... [Full report reviews new & improved services at new hospital, steps to "promote more patient-centered, high quality care", delivery of "significantly more services and services of higher quality", delivery of "impressive patient outcomes". Makes recommendations for greater transparency; independent monitoring & evaluation; study of costs; survey to evaluate access; steps to improve clinical quality.]

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