Osakidetza

Osakidetza-Basque Health Service
Osakidetza-Servicio Vasco de Salud
	; Osakidetza headquarters, Bilbao.
Health Care Service overview
Formed	1984
Preceding Health Care Service	Instituto Nacional de la Salud (INSALUD);
Type	Public Provider
Jurisdiction	Basque Government
Headquarters	Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country
Health Care Service executive	María Jesús Múgica, Director Gerente;
Parent department	Department 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.

Quick facts Health Care Service overview, Formed ...

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.

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Osakidetza

Main healthcare facilities

Araba

Gipuzkoa

Biscay

See also

References

External links

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