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Before COVID-19, 15 active PPP programmes existed under FHB, HA and DH as well as other purchasers
such as the Community Care Fund in Hong Kong (at the time of writing). Details of these PPP programmes
are listed in Table 3.3 and presented in accordance to a number of dimensions of the framework for purchasing.

Table 3.3

PPP portfolio in Hong Kong’s health system
PPP “What” to purchase “From Whom” to purchase “How” to purchase

Purchaser: Hospital Authority
Cataract Surgeries Services From whom to purchase Fee-for-Service mechanism
Programme (CSP) • One pre-operative • Any medical practitioner • A fixed subsidy of
2008–present assessment who is currently included HKD 5,000
• The Cataract Surgery in the Specialist Register in • The agreed upon co-
(including one appropriate the specialty of payment between the
basic monofocal ophthalmology patient and the private
intraocular lens and all ophthalmologist should
medical consumables) not be more than
• Two post-operative checks HKD 8,000
General Outpatient Services From whom to purchase Fee-for-service mechanism
Clinic Public • A maximum of 10 • Registered medical • A maximum total of
Private Partnership subsidised visits in a year practitioners with the HKD 3,510 per patient
Programme for both chronic and Medical Council of Hong per year, covering at most
(GOPC PPP) episodic illnesses Kong, under section 14 or 10 consultations, including
14A
2014–present • Drugs for treating chronic the HA’s GOPC Fee
(presently HKD 50) to be
conditions and episodic • Registered with the paid by patients to the
illnesses to be received eHRSS and meets the
directly from private standard of designated participating service
providers (PSPs) directly
doctors at their clinics weekly operating durations after each consultation
• Investigation services at clinics
(laboratory and x-ray
services) provided by the
HA as specified through
private doctors’ referral
Haemodialysis Services From whom to purchase Fee-for-service mechanism
Public-Private • Participating community • Community haemodialysis • Patients are required to
Partnership haemodialysis centres will centres pay the community
Programme (HD PPP) provide haemodialysis haemodialysis centres a
2010–present treatment in the co-payment which
community according to matches the HA gazette
the available quota fees and charges for its
• Follow-up consultation, day procedure and
treatment at Renal Clinic
medication, and regular
examination services will
be provided by HA.
Patient Empowerment Services From whom to purchase Contractual budget
Programme (PEP) • Disease specific • Non-governmental mechanism
2010–present knowledge organisations (NGOs) • Maximum service fee for
• Self-efficacy enhancement each year is HKD 1.5
million. Bonus schemes
and lifestyle modification,
and follow-up calls within apply
six months after
programme completion

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