Table 2.

Inclusion criteria for the second phase

Population	Private hospitals; this could be a nonprofit or for‐profit hospital. Papers that include private hospitals as a control variable are also considered to be eligible.
Intervention/exposure	Patients are exposed to the service delivery of private hospitals.
Comparison	A comparison should be made with public hospitals.
Outcome	One of the following 3 elements should be covered: efficiency, quality of care, and accessibility. Articles that only include employment conditions are not taken into consideration.
Study design	Empirical research, no descriptive papers or economic modeling are included.