AOU Sassari

What AOU Sassari does

AOU Sassari, as represented in the available data, corresponds to ARNAS G. Brotzu — a public healthcare entity designated Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale ed Alta Specializzazione (National Relevance and High Specialization Company) and wholly owned by the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna (Autonomous Region of Sardinia). The institution operates a multi-facility hospital system totaling 835 beds across three sites: Ospedale San Michele (a Level II DEA emergency department), Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco (oncology), and Ospedale Pediatrico Microcitemico Antonio Cao (pediatrics). It provides tertiary and quaternary clinical services including emergency medicine, oncology, pediatric emergency care, neurology and stroke, hematology and bone marrow transplantation, nephrology and dialysis with kidney transplantation, blood transfusion, and a cord blood bank. Its transplant program has performed 2,168 procedures since 1988, establishing long-standing expertise in complex interventions.

The organization's digital service layer includes the national Fascicolo Sanitario Elettronico (Electronic Health File), the regional CUP Web unified booking system, the proprietary Prenota AOB booking portal, online laboratory results portals, and the Monitor di Pronto Soccorso real-time emergency-department monitoring system. Distribution is regionally concentrated in Sardinia, with care delivered in-person across the three hospitals and digitally via regional and hospital-specific platforms. Operational scale in 2025 included 200,264 hospitalization days, 47,245 adult emergency department visits, and 20,420 pediatric emergency department visits.

The business model is public-sector: the entity is funded through regional and national healthcare budget allocations under the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale framework, with patient co-payments (ticket sanitario) determined administratively by the regional healthcare authority. No commercial revenue, private investors, or funding rounds are involved; control rests entirely with the Sardinian regional government. The organization is participating in the PNRR Missione 6: Salute program, channeling EU recovery funds into health system digitization. Note: there is a data inconsistency between the company name in firmographics (AOU Sassari, Sassari) and the substantive source material describing ARNAS G. Brotzu (Cagliari); these are distinct public hospitals in Sardinia, and the analysis above is grounded in the evidence actually provided.

Name

AOU Sassari

Legal name

ARNAS G. Brotzu

Website

https://aousassari.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

AOU Sassari (as documented, ARNAS G. Brotzu) is a publicly owned Sardinian regional referral hospital network operating 835 beds across three facilities, delivering emergency, oncology, pediatric, and transplant services to the regional population under Italy's national health service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (6223), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFADAA

Hospital-Based Emergency Departments (EDs)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Emergency & Urgent Care Services

SECONDARYHLAFABAI

Ambulatory Oncology Centers (Outpatient Chemo/Radiation)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Ambulatory & Outpatient Care Centers

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Oncology treatment
• Pediatric healthcare
• Organ transplantation

Headquarters

HQ city

Sassari

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AOU Sassari operates as a multi-facility public hospital network providing specialized inpatient, outpatient, emergency, diagnostic, rehabilitation, and pharmacy services across multiple hospital sites. Its portfolio includes a Level II DEA emergency department, oncology hospital, pediatric hospital, organ transplant program, and digital patient services such as online appointment booking, electronic health records, and real-time emergency department monitoring.

Product overview

ARNAS G. Brotzu is a National Relevance and High Specialization Hospital Company operating a multi-facility healthcare system in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. The organization comprises three main hospitals: Ospedale San Michele (Level II DEA), Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco, and Ospedale Pediatrico Microcitemico Antonio Cao, with a total of 835 beds. The digital service portfolio includes patient-facing digital platforms for appointment booking (Prenota AOB, CUP Web), online medical records access (Fascicolo Sanitario Elettronico, Referti online, Portale Referti Laboratorio), and emergency department monitoring (Monitor di Pronto Soccorso). Clinical services span multiple specialties including emergency care, neurology and stroke, hematology and bone marrow transplant, nephrology and kidney transplant, blood transfusion, and cord blood banking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ospedale San Michele: Ospedale San Michele, DEA di II Livello — the main acute care hospital of the ARNAS G. Brotzu group.
• Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco
• Ospedale Pediatrico Microcitemico Antonio Cao

Products and services

• Prenotare Visite Healthcare appointment booking service allowing citizens to schedule medical visits and examinations at hospital facilities.
• Pronto Soccorso Adulti e Pediatrico 24/7 emergency department services for both adult and pediatric patients providing urgent medical care, supported by real-time wait time monitoring.
• Ricoveri Inpatient admission services for patients requiring hospitalization across the hospital network's 835 beds.
• Ufficio Ticket/CUP Ticket office and Unified Booking Center (Centro Unico di Prenotazione) for managing healthcare appointments and copay payments.
• Centro Trasfusionale Blood transfusion center providing blood collection, testing, processing, and transfusion services.
• Banca del Sangue Cordonale Cord blood bank service for collecting, processing, and storing umbilical cord blood for medical use.
• Neurologia e Stroke Unit Neurology and stroke unit providing specialized care for neurological conditions and stroke patients.
• Ematologia e C.T.M.O Hematology and bone marrow transplant center providing treatment for blood disorders and transplantation services.
• Nefrologia Dialisi e Trapianti Nephrology, dialysis, and kidney transplant services for patients with kidney diseases.
• CAS Centro Accoglienza Servizi Central reception and services center providing information, orientation, and access assistance to patients and visitors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 47,245 emergency visits and 20,420 pediatric emergency visits handled annually (2025 data)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda: Large Lombard public hospital trust with comparable ED Level II, transplant, and trauma services, representing a broader incumbent in the Italian public hospital landscape at somewhat greater scale.

Direct peers

• AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino: Public Italian university hospital network in Piedmont, comparable as a multi-specialty public teaching hospital operating at similar scale with research and tertiary care mandates.
• Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS: Rome-based Catholic university hospital and IRCCS providing multi-specialty tertiary care at scale, comparable as a large Italian public-interest hospital with academic affiliation and strong specialty service lines.
• Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari (AOU Sassari): Another public university hospital serving Sardinia, providing direct peer comparison for regional patient catchments, public funding dynamics, and clinical service overlap in the same island geography.
• Azienda Ospedaliera Brotzu (operational entity detailed in data): The detailed operational data describes ARNAS G. Brotzu in Cagliari, Sardinia; surfaced as a self-reference since the firmographic label (AOU Sassari) appears misaligned with the substantive company data provided.
• Azienda Ospedale Università Padova: Italian public teaching hospital in Veneto providing tertiary care and specialty services including transplant programs, comparable in service breadth and public ownership structure.
• AOU Sant'Orsola-Malpighi di Bologna: University hospital in Bologna operating multi-specialty tertiary services including transplants, oncology, and emergency care, comparable as a public teaching hospital of similar profile.

Emerging players

• IRCCS Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (IEO): Specialty oncology hospital and research center in Milan, comparable as a focused oncology provider at ARNAS G. Brotzu's Businco oncology hospital competes with for surgical oncology case referrals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CappellaOspedaleBrotzu
• Facebookfacebook.com/Aou-Sassari-100104745826767
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/azienda-ospedaliero-universitaria-di-sassari
• Instagraminstagram.com/ospedali_arnas_g.brotzu
• Xx.com/aousassari

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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