Private finance initiatives and outsourcing of facilities management in UK hospitals.

A substantial share of hospital expenditure is devoted to hard facilities management in building maintenance, and soft services such as catering, cleaning, laundry, waste management, and security. This article examines how these services are delivered—insourced or outsourced—under traditional procur...

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Publicado en:	Oxford Economic Papers Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 585 - 612
Autores principales:	Podaneva, Alena, Picard, Pierre M
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Apr2026
Materias:	United Kingdom Private Finance Initiative Hospitals Facility management Contracting out Quality of service Hospital costs Corporate purchasing Operational risk Public-private sector cooperation
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