Public-Private Partnerships In The Health Sector

Public-private partnerships may be defined as the realization of long-term maintenance, operation and construction of public infrastructure investments by the private sector. Public services are thus provided in collaboration for a determined period of time and on the basis of mutual risk allocation through a contractual relationship between the public and private sectors.

Under this model, the public side gains an alternative source of financing for infrastructure and the provision of services, while the private sector obtains an opportunity that may be attractive with regards to risk allocation. Private sector participation is increasing in Turkey day by day in the health sector where the need for speedy and qualified infrastructure and service is dominant. The Law on the Construction and Renovation of Facilities and the Procurement of Services via Public-Private Partnerships by the Ministry of Health and the Amendment of Decrees Having the Force of Law ("Law No.