Table 1 Overview of companies included in the study
Program name | Type of initiative | Country | Year establish-ed | Health focus | Clients served/number of beds | Number of facilities operated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CARE Hospitals | Chain of hospitals or clinics | India | 1997 | Cardiology & other specialty services. Primary health care in urban and rural areas | 450,000 outpatients, 30,000 admissions, 4,000 cardiac surgeries | 12 hospitals and a number of clinics with a total of 1600 beds |
Centro Ginecologico Integral (CEGIN) | Network of providers | Argentina | 1989 | Gynecology | 40,000 patients per year | 60 independent health providers in the network |
Lifespring hospitals private Ltd. | Chain of hospitals or clinics | India | 2005 | Maternal and Child Health | About 50,000 outpatient and inpatient consultations per year | 9 hospitals with 20 beds each |
Lumbini Eye Institute | Chain of hospitals or clinics | Nepal | 1983 | Eye care | Provides 25% of eye care in Nepal, treating about 260,000 patients per year and performing 30,000 surgeries per year | 1 main hospital with 215 beds, 3 secondary hospitals and a number of primary clinics |
Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital (NH) | Chain of hospitals or clinics | India | 2001 | Chronic diseases (heart surgeries, cancer, orthopaedics, kidney disease) | 6,000 operations per year which represents about 12% of heart surgeries in India. No estimates of patient numbers were found, but NH has about 3× capacity of CARE hospitals | Currently has 5000 beds in India |
Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital | Stand alone clinic or hospital | Lesotho | 2002/03 | General primary, secondary and tertiary care | About 187,000 patients per year | 1 referral hospital and 3 filter clinics |
Vaatsalya Hospitals | Chain of hospitals or clinics | India | 2004 | Primary and secondary care | 400,000 patients | 14 hospitals |
Visualiza | Chain of hospitals or clinics | Guatemala | 1997 | Eye care | Screens over 30,000 patients per year and performs 30% of cataract surgeries in Guatemala | Â |
Viva Sehat (formerly Razi clinics) | Chain of hospitals or clinics | India | 2009 | General primary care | About 230,00 patients per year | 65 clinics in Hyderabad |
Ziqitza | Ambulance services | India | 2005 | Eye services | About 50,000 patients per year | 90 ambulances |