A typology of hospital public–private partnerships (PPPs)1
| PPP category | Common term (countries in the sub-Saharan Africa region where the model is being considered or implemented)11 | Definition |
| Services | Operating contract (Kenya, Uganda, Lesotho) | A private entity is brought in to operate and deliver publicly funded healthcare in a public facility |
| Facility/finance | Private Finance Initiative, PPP, P3 (Burkina Faso, Ghana, South Africa) | A private entity is contracted to design, build, finance and maintain a hospital. Most clinical services within the facility continue to be provided by the public sector |
| Combined | PPP (Benin, Lesotho, Nigeria) | A private entity is contracted to design, build, finance and maintain a hospital, and provide core healthcare services under public financing |