Fundación Espriu

The organisations that make up the Espriu Foundation constitute one of the largest networks of healthcare cooperatives in the world

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The challenge of longevity

Assistència Sanitària

The challenge of longevity and the commitment to intergenerational solidarityacional

A conference at the College of Actuaries of Catalonia proposes an intergenerational solidarity tax to prevent older people from being excluded from health insurance.
Cooperatives in Iceland

Cooperatives of the world

The Twilight of Giants: The Peculiar Case of Cooperativism in Iceland

In the heart of Sauðárkrókur, a small town in northern Iceland, time flows at a different pace. There, the Kaupfélag Skagfirðinga (KS) cooperative is not just a company; it is the region's lifeblood. It manages supermarkets, hotels, and processing plants, reminding Icelanders that before becoming a nation of financiers and a tourist paradise, Iceland was, above all, a nation of cooperativists.
New ASISA dental clinic in Dos Hermanas

ASISA

ASISA Dental Continues its Expansion in Andalusia with the Opening of a New Clinic in Dos Hermanas

ASISA Dental has strengthened its presence in Andalusia with the opening of a new clinic in Dos Hermanas (Seville). With this new center, the company moves forward in its commitment to expanding and facilitating access to quality oral healthcare for all patients in the province of Seville.

Technology

Tech cooperatives: The human side of Silicon Valley

While big tech companies carry out waves of mass layoffs despite reporting record profits, a silent movement is redefining the rules of the game in the digital sector. Tech cooperatives propose something radical in Silicon Valley culture: that workers own what they build.

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The Espriu Foundation, cooperation and self-governance since 1989

The Espriu Foundation brings together the Spanish institutions which implement the co-operative healthcare model created by Dr Josep Espriu. The main objective of the Espriu Foundation is to oversee the development, promotion and defence of the cooperative healthcare model, centralising the efforts and commitment of Grup Assistència and Grupo Asisa with the dissemination and promotion of the co-operative model as a tool for improving healthcare systems.

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La Fundación Espriu

/Our values

1

Not-for-profit

Surplus balances are reinvested for the benefit of members, users, improving the quality of care and technological innovation, thus ensuring sustainability.

2

Direct involvement in management

All stakeholders are involved in management, engaging the full range of participants in the care process in a spirit of solidarity.

3

Open organizations

The Foundation is made up of organisations that are private but also open and very willing to collaborate with the public healthcare system.

4

Social commitment

All the entities that participate in the Foundation are committed to society and maintain a real commitment to the people and the environment that surrounds them.

Cooperativismo sanitario

The Institutions

The Espriu Foundation brings together the leading institutions of healthcare cooperativism in Spain: SCIAS, Autogestió Sanitària, ASISA and Lavinia.

Together, they form a network that provides high-quality medical care based on collaboration, solidarity and democratic management, placing the patient at the centre.

With 3.2 million insured people, 19 hospitals and 40 own medical centres, 181,303 cooperative members and 7,500 employees, the Foundation represents an efficient, human and socially committed healthcare model.

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Autogestió Sanitaria Lavinia SCIAS asisa
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Stay up to date with the magazine Compartir

COMPARTIR magazine is a print and digital publication which reflects current medical, social economy and health co-operative issues brought to you by the professionals who participate in the co-operatives of the Espriu Foundation. 
COMPARTIR is published in three languages (Spanish, Catalan and English) and combines health and wellbeing features, promoting a healthy lifestyle and offering recommendations for cultural and leisure activities. Quality information backed by health professionals and experts who work with Assistència Sanitària and Asisa.

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