The B20 recommends cooperative enterprise in the health sector

On the 7th and 8th of October this year, the B20 summit, the forum for dialogue pertaining to the business community formed by almost 1,000 executives from corporations in the G20 countries was held in Rome. At the meeting, which included the participation of the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, recommendations were presented to tackle the priorities established by the Italian presidency and that will subsequently be debated by the leaders of the G20.

The health and life sciences committee of the B20, in which the Fundación Espriu participates, included amongst its healthcare policy recommendations “taking advantage of the potential of the cooperative business model, which is a reliable organisational tool that protects the health workers, reinforces the health systems and contributes to obtaining Universal Health Coverage, particularly in medium and low income countries.

The work group made this recommendation within the scope of the so-called Value-Based Healthcare, which aspires to create more efficient and sustainable healthcare systems that bring real value to patients. The B20 endorses governance models that implement and compensate quality care standards and that put patients at the centre of the healthcare service, as is the case of the healthcare cooperatives.