Greater Paris University Hospitals

Greater Paris University Hospitals[1] (French: Assistance publique–hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP) 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.[2] It receives an average of more than 10 million patients per year.

Greater Paris University Hospitals
AP-HP
Native name
Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
FormerlyConseil général des hospices de Paris; Administration générale de l'Assistance publique
Company typePublic
IndustryHealthcare
Founded4 December 1801; 222 years ago (1801-12-04)
Headquarters
Paris
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France
Number of locations
38 university hospitals
Area served
Greater Paris
ProductsUniversity hospitals
Number of employees
100,000 (2024)
DivisionsAP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group
AP-HP Paris Cité University Hospital Group
AP-HP Paris-Saclay University Hospital Group
AP-HP Henri Mondor Hospital Group
AP-HP Paris Seine-Saint-Denis Hospital Group
Websitewww.aphp.fr

It employs more than 90,000 people[3] in 38 teaching hospitals and receives more than 10 million annual patient visits.[4] AP-HP is organized in 6 hospital local trusts called "GHU", each associated to a university to offer integrative care to its population.[5]

It is affiliated with Paris Cité University (16 teaching hospitals), Sorbonne University (7 teaching hospitals), Saclay University (6 teaching hospitals), the University of Créteil (5 teaching hospitals), Sorbonne Paris North University (3 teaching hospitals) and their colleges of medicine, odontology, and pharmacy as AP-HP is the university hospital for the capital and its surroundings.

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

History

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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.

Administration

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Hospitals

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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 branches of the same specialty.

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, and Institut Gustave Roussy, Europe's leading cancer-research institute and the biggest health center dedicated to oncology in Europe.

The 6 university hospital groups of the AP-HP:

  • AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group
  • AP-HP Paris Cité University Hospital Group
  • AP-HP Paris-Saclay University Hospital Group
  • AP-HP Henri Mondor Hospital Group
  • AP-HP Paris Seine-Saint-Denis Hospital Group

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Greater Paris University Hospitals - Further information". AP-HP. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2007-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Rapport annuel 2008 AP-HP le personnel". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  4. ^ "Rapport annuel 2008 AP-HP activité ambulatoire". Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2013-04-21.. This number covers consultations ("Activité ambulatoire externe") plus hospitalizations ("Activité médicale").
  5. ^ "Nous connaître". www.aphp.fr (in French). 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
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