Public-private partnership in healthcare and pharmaceutical sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

Interaction between the state and business is one of the main ways to solve the social problems of modern states. The relevance of the subject matter is conditioned by the fact that the development of forms of public-private partnership provides an influx of investments from private entrepreneurs in the field of healthcare and pharmaceuticals in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The purpose of the study is to define the public-private partnerships and analyse international experience in implementing practises on specific projects. The methodological basis of the study consisted of the following methods: system, structural and functional, institutional, monographic, forecasting, tabular and graphical. In the course of the study, the theory and practise of public-private partnership in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, the signs and principles of such partnership were considered. The classification was carried out, the most striking examples of the implementation of public-private partnerships were analysed. The differences between public-private partnership contracts were investigated, and attention was paid to the functions and content of such contracts, including the terms and expected risks. The advantages for each of the stakeholders in the public-private partnership were analysed: the private sector, the public sector, and consumers. The analysis of the current state of public-private partnership in the field of healthcare and pharmaceuticals in the Republic of Kazakhstan was carried out. The practical significance of the study lies in the development of recommendations for improving the forms of public-private partnership for the authorities to maintain state control and comply with the conditions for an adequate distribution of all risks, responsibilities and benefits among the participants of this type of partnership