Is public-private partnership in hospitals the way forward to provide affordable treatments ?

PPPs have been successful in several countries around the world and Health has been on the radar for a long long time and countries have successfully accomplished the tasks. In the present, in order to realize success in any PPP effort it is not required to re-invent the wheel.. best practices have been bench marked, if they are utilized and innovative methods from our end are incorporated success is inevitable. Another important point to be noted here is "TRANSPARENCY" between the PUBLIC-PRIVATE sectors and the PEOPLE is important if it has to be successful and the practice sustainable. Ethics plays a critical part in such a venture. 

In my opinion, this will be a great idea of public-private partnership in hospitals to create better services to the public. Both the public and private hospitals have their own merits. Government hospitals can provide affordable treatment but they are poorly managed and lack various modern facilities, where as the private hospitals are well managed and well equipped but the treatment is costly. So a tie up between them can provide world class treatment at an affordable price.