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Independent Private Hospitals and Independent Private Health Clinics (Formerly referred to as Private-for-Profit).



Independent Private Hospitals and Independent Private Health Clinics (Formerly referred to as Private-for-Profit).

Following our recent inquiries on how best can we can address our members (formerly referred to as Private-for-Profit hospitals and health clinics - PFPs) during report presentations, planning documents and others, we have held internal meetings and resolved to refer to our members as Independent Private Hospitals or Independent Private Health Clinics.  We appreciated the fact that these are Private Health Providers (PHPs) but members noted the need for better clarity during reports and planning and atleast not to be mixed with the faith-based health subsector which is currently a bit more organized. Members also raised concern that it was not appropriate for health providers to be described or judged basing on financial grounds only.

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