In recent years ‘social enterprises’ have become important partners in the delivery of key public services such as healthcare. However, little is known about how healthcare social enterprises contribute to public service provision in the health sector. We analyzed 172 social enterprises from four continents involved in healthcare to assess the types of interventions, processes, and roles they play responding to rapidly evolving healthcare systems. We found that they are engaged broadly in three dimensions of health service provision: improving access to health services; improving the quality of health services; and building public health capacity. We contribute to social policy theory by enhancing understanding of the micro-level interventions of social enterprises in the healthcare sector and articulating new dimensions of NPG that include co-innovation, co-lobbying, and co-integration in the context of healthcare.

近年来，“社会企业”已成为提供医疗保健等关键公共服务的重要合作伙伴。然而，关于医疗保健社会企业如何为卫生部门提供公共服务做出贡献，我们知之甚少。我们分析了来自四大洲涉及医疗保健的 172 家社会企业，以评估他们为应对快速发展的医疗保健系统而采取的干预措施、流程和角色。我们发现他们广泛参与了提供卫生服务的三个方面：改善卫生服务的可及性；提高卫生服务质量；和建设公共卫生能力。