Vall d’Hebron University Hospital is the largest hospital com-
plex in Catalonia and one of the largest in Spain. It has a team
of 6,910 professionals and a budget of ¤594 million. The hos-
pital is located at the foot of the Collserola Hills surrounding
the city of Barcelona and its area of influence includes the
neighbourhoods of Horta-Guinardó, Nou Barris and Sant
Andreu, and the city of Montcada i Reixac, i.e. a population of
400,000 people. Vall d’Hebron is a referral hospital in highly
complex tertiary procedures for Catalonia, Spain and the
international community.
The hospital complex is organized in three main care areas:
the General Area, the Maternal/Child Area and the Trauma
Care and Rehabilitation Area. There is an Outpatient Surgery
Unit at nearby Pere Virgili Healthcare Park and the hospital
has also extended its activity to different primary care cen-
tres in Catalonia.
With more than 1,100 beds, the hospital uses a patient-cen-
tred management model when providing services and
demonstrates its commitment to the future through tea-
ching, research and innovationwhile promoting participation
in Catalan, Spanish and European research projects. Quality
is a core value of the professionals who work at the hospital,
which has been consolidated as a point of reference in Spain
and abroad. Vall d’Hebron University Hospital follows the
strategies and initiatives laid out by the Catalan Health Insti-
tute, the company it belongs to, and the Catalan Ministry of
Health.
The hospital complex provides virtually all medical and surgi-
cal specialities and has the care modalities and nursing care
required to ensure such coverage. It also provides clinical ser-
vices and has clinical support units, university teaching cen-
tres, public healthcare services companies, research centres,
laboratories and other facilities that complete the hospital’s
healthcare activity.
ICS · Vall d’Hebron University Hospital 2011
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Vall d’Hebron
University Hospital
Reference population
415,146
Professionals (including residents)
6,910
Budget
¤593,546,038.64
Reference population by age
Structure
Total beds
1,146
Standard beds
General Area
536
Trauma Care and Rehabilitation Area
196
Maternal/Child Area
231
Critical care beds
Multipurpose Intensive Care Unit
32
Trauma Intensive Care Unit
21
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
15
Coronary Unit
14
General Semi-critical Care Area
14
Cardiac Surgery Post-Surgical Unit
8
Critical newborns
45
Burns
26
Baby cots
8
Reanimation Units
32
Delivery rooms
6
Operating rooms
39
Outpatient consulting rooms
315
Day hospital healthcare centres
98
Outpatient surgery units (UCSI)
Operating rooms
6
Consulting rooms for outpatient visits and minor surgery
5
Specialized Healthcare Reform (RAE)
CAP Horta (outpatient consulting rooms)
18
CAP Sant Andreu (outpatient consulting rooms)
43
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Female
Male
5-14
15-44
45-64
65-74
75 and older
Reference
population
A Day’s Activity
231 admissions
173 operations
553 emergencies
3,350 outpatient visits
329 day hospital sessions
8 deliveries
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