Healthcare

When health is in the hands of doctors

Medical criteria, quality of care and human relationship form the backbone of the Assistència Sanitària model, an insurance company based on healthcare cooperatives.

Support is essential for the care of people
Redacció
10/02/2026
2 min

For sixty-six years, Healthcare It champions a healthcare model that puts people at the center. Founded, managed, and directed by physicians, the organization has built its own healthcare system over decades, where medicine is at the heart of all its decisions, without any other interests taking a back seat. Medical expertise, quality care, and a human touch are the pillars upon which a project that understands health as a fundamental right has been built.

The insurer offers top-quality, accessible, and socially responsible healthcare, where diagnostic rigor and the well-being of its policyholders are paramount. True to its healthcare cooperative model, Assistència Sanitària guarantees access to a proven healthcare service, with special attention to the elderly when they need it most. With this unwavering commitment, the organization strengthens its social vision of healthcare year after year, while evolving with scientific and technological advancements without ever losing sight of the essence of its model: trust between doctor and patient.

Assistència Sanitària promotes its model of healthcare co-management between doctors and users, striving for quality care, professional freedom, and the freedom to choose one's doctor. This system prioritizes personalized treatment, without intermediaries, facilitating direct contact with doctors. This self-management of healthcare translates into more humane, personalized care, tailored to each individual.

The exercise of the right to health is part of its DNA. Therefore, medical care is not conceived merely as a one-off clinical act, but as continuous support throughout the health and illness process.

Users and doctors, the sole managers

In HealthcareMedical practice takes precedence over any other considerations. Being able to see a doctor with the peace of mind that comes from knowing their professional judgment prevails over economic or administrative considerations is one of the defining features of this model. Medicine is not subordinated to profitability criteria because patients and doctors are at the forefront of its management. This mutual trust between professionals and patients creates a safe environment in times often marked by uncertainty and vulnerability. Listening to, supporting, and getting to know the patient is fundamental. Despite the growing role of technology, the human factor remains key in healthcare. A vocation for service

The extensive team of doctors and specialists strengthens this relationship of trust and guarantees comprehensive, high-quality care. Professional expertise fosters relationships that place patients at the heart of diagnosis and treatment. Medicine is a social good, and as such, its primary objective can be none other than the care of individuals and their recovery to the greatest extent possible. Therefore, the supportive and guiding care of physicians is, above all, essential.

Assistència Sanitària is, by definition, a non-profit cooperative committed to building a healthcare system based on social and collective medicine in freedom. The participation of doctors and patients, also as owners, ensures direct involvement and greater attention to patients. A vocation for service guides the work of its professionals.

Knowing that on the other end there is someone who listens to you, supports you, comforts you, and inspires confidence is often almost as important as a good diagnosis. This is the way of understanding health that, for more than half a century, has defined HealthcareShared governance between physicians and patients ensures the preservation of values ​​that place quality of care, professional autonomy, and social commitment at the heart of the health insurer's activity. Assistència Sanitària is the health insurer for physicians, and its corporate model guarantees social medicine practiced freely.

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