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The Challenges of Governing Public-Private Community Health Partnerships

Health Care Management ReviewPublished 1 January 1998
Bryan J. Weiner, Jeffrey A. Alexander
Citations132
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.13
SNIP1.19

TL;DR

How the 25 public private community health partnerships participating in the Community Care Network™ (CCN) Demonstration Program grapple with three interrelated clusters of governance issues: turf, community accountability, and growth and development is described.

Abstract

This article identifies key challenges that arise in governing public-private partnerships designed to improve community health status. Using telephone interview and focus group data, we describe how the 25 public-private community health partnerships participating in the Community Care Network (CCN) Demonstration Program grapple with three interrelated clusters of governance issues: turf, community accountability, and growth and development.

Keywords

Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance