Abstract

Background: In recent years, corporatization has been introduced as an institutional plan for public hospitals in order to improve efficiency and reduce public ownership, and also to decentralize health system. In this regard, this study is a systematic review of identifying types of corporate hospitals and introduces necessary components for the corporate hospitals.
Method: This study was conducted in 2018. In the initial search, 52 studies were found that by examining 24 related articles were elected. A qualitative assessment of documentation was made, which 17 papers selected. The collected data were described and compared based on the World Bank model variables as: ownership, structure, decision right, responsiveness and social functions.
Result: Each country has implemented a specific type of corporation due to its environmental conditions and infrastructure of health system, including healthcare companies, Foundation or charitable foundations, joint stock companies, limited liability companies, holding companies, and trusts. Some variables are incomplete and some are completely implemented, in each country.
Conclusion: Corporatization has increased autonomy of hospitals in terms of financial, human, physical, and equipment resources. Increasing independence leads to the responsiveness of managers. One goals of corporatization have been to increase efficiency of hospitals, which most countries must achieve it.

Keywords:Corporate public hospital; Systematic review; Hospital

List of abbreviation:PPP: Public-Private Partnership; NHS: National Health System