Integrated healthcare – A role model

On Spain’s Mediterranean coast, Munich Health is showing how to improve public healthcare services and simultaneously save costs using an integrated healthcare model. This » public-private partnership can serve as a model for other projects in the healthcare sector.

It is an innovative healthcare approach in times when many state healthcare systems are stretched to their limits: companies undertake to manage the district healthcare system in the long term on behalf of a government. Spain’s Denia district administration has transferred responsibility for its healthcare system to DKV Seguros – a part of Munich Re (Group) – along the whole value chain from insurance to healthcare provision.

High quality, low costs

Since then, the company, which is part of Munich Health’s business segment, has not only ensured medical care for the district’s 140,000 inhabitants who have statutory health cover but the 350,000 or so tourists who holiday in the region each year also benefit from this partnership. The new approach is proving advantageous for everyone concerned: DKV Seguros’ involvement saves the district administration costs in the long run whilst the people insured enjoy the improved quality of public healthcare services.

A hospital improves healthcare quality

In Denia, we provide the complete range of public healthcare services – from emergency, in-patient and outpatient care to a broad spectrum of prevention programmes. As well as healthcare, our responsibilities include cost management – both collecting health insurance contributions and operating an efficient spending policy. Thanks to a 229-bed hospital built to the latest medical standards, we are also improving healthcare quality locally and giving insureds better access to medical services.