Jacques Coeur Hospital

What Jacques Coeur Hospital does

Centre Hospitalier Jacques Coeur is a public French hospital (établissement public de santé) located in Bourges, France, established in 1994 and operating as the support establishment (établissement support) for the Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire du Cher (GHT du Cher), a territorial network of five hospitals in the Cher department. With approximately 2,000 staff spanning 131 professions and medical specialties, the hospital runs four physical sites — the main Jacques Coeur site, Taillegrain (EHPAD and geriatric rehabilitation), Les Gadeaux, and the IFAS/IFA training institutes — and operates 24/7 emergency services through SAMU-SMUR and the newly rebranded Centre Départemental d'Appels d'Urgence (CDAU), which dispatches 15, 18, and 112 calls across the department.

The hospital provides a comprehensive care portfolio across approximately 50 medical departments, including emergency medicine, intensive care (with 50 critical-care beds including a unique-in-department 8-bed polyvalent ICU opened in 2025), surgery, maternity, pediatrics, geriatrics, cardiology, oncology, and neurology. Several services are unique within the Cher department, notably pulmonary vein electroporation for atrial fibrillation (relapse rate 25% vs. 60% for medication), a university odontology service developed in partnership with the Tours Faculty of Odontology (hosting students from 2026), and the recently launched Maison des Femmes/Santé for medico-psycho-social care of violence victims. Patient-facing digital infrastructure includes Doctolib-based online appointment booking, TIPI online bill payment, and a digital welcome booklet, while professional training is delivered through IFAS (nursing assistants), IFA (ambulance drivers), and CESU 18 (emergency care training, which trained nearly 800 professionals in 2025).

As a public hospital under the French public health code, Jacques Coeur is reimbursed through the Assurance Maladie national health insurance system under NGAP/CCAM regulated tariffs, with patient co-payments (ticket modérateur) and ARS Centre-Val de Loire oversight. Pricing is non-commercial and ARS-regulated, and revenue is not publicly disclosed. In March 2025 the hospital created the Fonds de Dotation du Centre Hospitalier Jacques Coeur to attract private and institutional funding around innovation, quality of hotel care, and professional well-being. Ownership is governmental; there is no private equity or individual shareholder exposure. Customer segments are effectively the general public of the Cher department, EHPAD/long-term-care residents, and emergency service users — a captive territorial population with no alternative tertiary acute-care provider within the department.

Name

Jacques Coeur Hospital

Legal name

Centre Hospitalier Jacques Coeur

Website

https://ch-bourges.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Public French hospital in Bourges serving as the support establishment for the GHT du Cher territorial group, delivering comprehensive acute, emergency, and specialty care to the Cher department population across approximately 50 medical departments and four sites.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bourges

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Services Reimbursement: As a French public hospital (établissement public de santé), the hospital operates under the French social security system (Sécurité Sociale). Healthcare services are reimbursed through the national health insurance system (Assurance Maladie), with patients paying regulated co-pays. Additional revenue comes from complementary health insurance reimbursements and occasional facility donations through the Fonds de Dotation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Centre Hospitalier Jacques Coeur is a public French hospital providing comprehensive general and specialized healthcare services across emergency medicine (SAMU-SMUR, Service d'Accueil des Urgences, and the new CDAU handling 15/18/112 emergency calls), intensive care, surgery, maternal and child care, geriatrics, cardiology, oncology, and over 50 medical departments. It also operates training institutes (IFAS for nursing assistants, IFA for ambulance drivers, CESU 18 for emergency care training) and patient-facing digital services including Doctolib appointment booking and TIPI online payment.

Product overview

Jacques Coeur Hospital is a public healthcare establishment in Bourges, France, functioning as the support establishment for the Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire (GHT) du Cher. The hospital operates as a comprehensive healthcare platform offering approximately 50 medical departments and services, patient care pathways (emergency, inpatient, outpatient), and specialized units. Key services include emergency medicine (SAMU-SMUR-CDAU), acute care, geriatric medicine, maternity, pediatrics, and innovative procedures like electroporation. Patient-facing digital services include online appointment booking via Doctolib, online payment via TIPI, and a digital welcome booklet. Training and education services are provided through IFAS (nursing assistant training), IFA (ambulance driver training), and CESU 18 (emergency care training). The hospital also operates a network of care sites including Jacques Coeur main site, Taillegrain (EHPAD/long-term care), Les Gadeaux, and training institutes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fonds de Dotation du Centre Hospitalier Jacques Coeur: Endowment fund created to federate economic, institutional actors and individuals for health development
• Service universitaire d'odontologie
• Unité de Soins Intensifs Polyvalents (USIP)
• Maison des Femmes/Santé
• Centre Départemental d'Appels d'Urgence (CDAU)

Products and services

• Emergency Services (Urgences)
• Medical Departments (Services médicaux)
• Unité de Soins Intensifs Polyvalents (USIP)
• Pulmonary Vein Electroporation (Electroporation des veines pulmonaires)
• University Odontology Service (Service universitaire d'odontologie)
• Maison des Femmes / Santé
• Institut de Formation Aide-Soignant (IFAS)
• Institut de Formation Ambulancier (IFA)
• CESU 18 (Centre d'Enseignement des Soins d'Urgence)
• EHPAD / Unité de Soins de Longue Durée du site de Taillegrain
• Hospitalization at Home (HAD)
• Médecine Aiguë Gériatrique
• Consultation Mémoire
• Online Appointment Booking (Doctolib integration)
• Online Payment (TIPI)
• Digital Welcome Booklet (Livret d'accueil digital)
• Centre de Santé
• Fonds de Dotation du Centre Hospitalier Jacques Coeur

Quantifiable outcome

• 50 total critical care beds across the establishment
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Faculté d'Odontologie de TourscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership with the Faculty of Odontology of Tours (opened 2022) to host dental students for training at the university odontology service, aiming to attract and retain dental practitioners in the Centre-Val de Loire region.
• GHT du Cher (Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire du Cher)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Centre Hospitalier Jacques Coeur serves as the supporting establishment (établissement support) for the GHT du Cher, a territorial hospital group coordinating five hospitals in the Cher department: Centre Hospitalier George Sand (mental health), Centre Hospitalier Saint Amand-Montrond, Centre Hospitalier de Sancerre, and Centre Hospitalier de Vierzon. The group enables coordinated care, shared resources, and collective actions across the territory.
• Centre Hospitalier George SandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPsychiatric hospital in Bourges participating in the GHT du Cher network for integrated mental and general healthcare services.
• Centre Hospitalier Saint Amand-MontrondmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHospital in Saint Amand-Montrond participating in the GHT du Cher network for territorial healthcare coordination.
• Centre Hospitalier de SancerremajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHospital in Sancerre participating in the GHT du Cher network for territorial healthcare coordination.
• Centre Hospitalier de VierzonmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHospital in Vierzon participating in the GHT du Cher network for territorial healthcare coordination.
• ARS Centre-Val de Loire (Agence Régionale de Santé)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health authority providing funding and regulatory oversight for hospital operations and development projects, including €500,000 funding for odontology service expansion.
• SDIS 18 (Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours du Cher)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFire and rescue service partnering with SAMU on the CDAU (Centre Départemental d'Appels d'Urgence) platform for coordinated emergency response, celebrating 20 years of cooperation.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves16 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP): France's largest public hospital group, operating 38 hospitals across the Paris region. Same public establishment status and revenue model as Jacques Coeur, but at vastly greater scale and complexity.
• CHRU de Tours: University hospital centre that is the academic partner for Jacques Coeur's new university odontology service. Larger and broader in scope, but operates in the same region and is the natural referral destination for tertiary cases that exceed Jacques Coeur's capacity.
• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand: University hospital in the neighbouring Auvergne region providing the full range of general and specialty services. Comparable in offering breadth but larger scale and with a regional university-hospital role that Jacques Coeur does not have.
• Hospices Civils de Lyon: One of France's largest public hospital systems, operating across multiple sites with comprehensive acute, specialty and teaching services. Demonstrates the upper bound of a multi-site French public hospital platform, though materially larger than Jacques Coeur.

Direct peers

• Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans: Public general hospital serving as the main acute-care anchor for the neighbouring Loiret department. Directly comparable to Jacques Coeur in role, scale and public establishment status within the same Centre-Val de Loire region.
• Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil: Public general hospital serving as a support establishment for a GHT in the Paris region. Comparable in role, GHT coordination function, and broad acute-care service mix, though with a different catchment.
• Centre Hospitalier de Châteauroux: Public hospital serving as the support establishment for the neighbouring Indre GHT, with a comparable portfolio of general medicine, surgery, geriatrics and emergency services. Strong structural and functional match to Jacques Coeur.
• Centre Hospitalier de Chartres: Public general hospital in the neighbouring Eure-et-Loir department of Centre-Val de Loire, with a similar mix of emergency, geriatric, and specialty services. Closely comparable in size, mandate and population profile to Jacques Coeur.
• Centre Hospitalier Simone Veil de Blois: Public general hospital in Loir-et-Cher (also Centre-Val de Loire) operating a similar mix of acute, emergency, geriatric and outpatient services. Closely comparable in scale, public establishment status and regional role.

Emerging players

• Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph (Paris): Large non-profit (ESPIC) hospital in Paris providing comprehensive acute, maternity and surgical services. Useful peer for understanding how a non-state, mission-driven French hospital of comparable scale is structured and financed.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/chjacquescoeur

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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