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. It receives an average of more than 10 million patients per year.
Headquarters of AP-HP, 3 avenue Victoria Paris 4th arr. | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Headquarters | Paris , France |
| Products | Hospitals |
Number of employees | more than 90,000 (2010) |
| Website | www |
It employs more than 90,000 people in 44 hospitals and receives more than 10 million annual patient visits.
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.