Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris

Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (French pronunciation: ​[asistɑ̃s pyblik opito də paʁi]) is the university hospital trust operating in Paris and its surroundings. It is the largest hospital system in Europe and one of the largest in the world. [1] It provides the highest quality of health care, teaching, research, prevention, education and emergency medical service by very specialized doctors and experts in 52 branches of medicine. It is also the home to one of the highest-regarded residency and fellowship education programs in the world.It receives an average of more than 10 million patients per year.

Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris
TypePublic
IndustryHealthcare
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
ProductsHospitals
Number of employees
more than 90,000 (2010)
Websitewww.aphp.fr


It employs more than 90,000 people [2] in 44 hospitals and receives more than 10 million annual patient visits.[3]

It is linked with the University of Paris and its seven colleges of medicine, two of odontology and two of pharmacy as AP-HP is the university hospital for the capital and its surroundings.

AP-HP is organized in several hospital local trusts, each associated to a faculty to offer integrative care to its population.

As a teaching hospital, AP-HP Trust is in charge of training healthcare professionals and doctors, and plays a prominent role in French healthcare research alongside Inserm.

History

Succeeding to the conseil général des hospices de Paris, the Administration générale de l'Assistance publique was created by a law of January 10, 1849. In 1961, the AP-HP became the hospital system of Paris and its suburbs.

Hospitals

Not all hospitals in AP-HP have all the specialties. AP-HP is characterized by very specialized departments which allows offering the best care for patients by very experienced professionals. Within the same specialty, different departments in different hospitals are experts in different fields.

AP-HP is not the sole healthcare operator in Paris. The trust shares with duties alongside military hospitals such as Val-de-Grâce, or Institut Curie. Institut Gustave Roussy, Europe's leading cancer-research institute and the biggest health center dedicated to oncology in Europe .

References
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-12-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2013-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). This number covers consultations ("Activité ambulatoire externe") plus hospitalizations ("Activité médicale").
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