Table 4.

Results of studies of PPP costs

Author	Karki et al. (2007)	Sinanovic and Kumaranayake (2006a)
Country	Nepal	South Africa
Diseases	TB	TB
PPP	A semi-governmental hospital (Patan Hospital), three NGOs [Yala Urban Health Programme (YUHP), Nepal Anti-TB Association (NATA) and Care & Fair] and one private nursing home were invited to become treatment centres	• Public–private workplace: represents a partnership between provincial TB programmes and mining companies
		• Public–private non-government (PNP): a partnership between provincial TB programmes and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) providing community-based DOT
Results	• Overall costs for treating a TB patient under the PPP scheme averaged US$89.60	• Cost per case cured
		• PNP US$354–446
		• PWP US$788–979
		• Public sites US$700–1,000
Conclusion	• Treating TB patients in the PPP scheme had a low additional cost	• PPP models could significantly reduce costs to the patient
	• Doubling the case notification rate and maintaining a high success rate	• Scaling up of effective services could occur at much lower cost than solely relying on public sector models