Osakidetza

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Osakidetza-Basque Health Service
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Osakidetza headquarters, Bilbao.
Health Care Service overview
Formed1984
Preceding Health Care Service
  • Instituto Nacional de la Salud (INSALUD)
TypePublic Provider
Jurisdiction Basque Government
Headquarters Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country
Health Care Service executive
  • María Jesús Múgica, Director Gerente
Parent departmentDepartment of Health
Website osakidetza

Osakidetza-Basque Health Service [1] is the institution created in 1984 in charge of the public healthcare system in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, belonging to the National Health System, created in 1986 and that substituted INSALUD.

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The transfer of responsibilities to the Basque government in matters of healthcare was done during the administration of Carlos Garaikoetxea as Lehendakari, after the approval of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country in 1979. It is a public healthcare service with a great number of facilities that take care of the needs of the Basque citizens. Its chief is the Secretary of Health of the Basque Government.

Main healthcare facilities

Araba

Gipuzkoa

Biscay

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References

  1. Osakidetza website: Organization Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine