Review Article
Role of Private Enterprise in Cancer Control in Low to Middle Income Countries
Table 1
Public versus private cancer care.
| ā | Traditional government cancer care | Private cancer center care |
| Location | Within large tertiary university teaching hospitals | In a facility dedicated solely to cancer care | Focus | Spread across multiple specialties including general medicine | Specifically on oncology | Scope of services | Very broad | Limited to oncology related services | Maintenance of facilities | Generally challenging | Easier to accomplish | Quality | Limited by local expertise | Enhanced by international telemedicine | Administrative model | Large, bureaucratic | Small, nimble |
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