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Table 1 Two contrasting cases: CLCC (public mission) and clinic (private for-profit)

From: Governance tensions in the healthcare sector: a contrasting case study in France

Contextual and organisational factors

CLCC

CLINIC

Status

Public, but close to public structures such as university hospitals (care, research and teaching missions)

Private care mission

Connection entity

Member establishment of Unicancer federation of 20 establishments

Establishment of the Elsan group which is the leading operator of private clinics in France

Location

Conurbation of of more than 290,000 inhabitants

Town of 25,000 inhabits

Organisational specifity

Specialist in the management of cancerous pathologies Model of care for cancer patients

Multi-specialty community medicine and surgery

Number of related professionals

724 staff members including 102 doctors

212 staff members: 62 doctors and 150 non-medical staff (care staff, administrative staff, etc.)

Annual number of patients treated

32,000

8000