Hôpital Paul-Brousse

What Hôpital Paul-Brousse does

Hôpital Paul-Brousse is a public university hospital located in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne), France, founded in 1913 and operating as one of seven hospitals within the GHU AP-HP. Université Paris-Saclay. The hospital runs 653 inpatient beds and 58 day-hospital places, delivering multidisciplinary tertiary and quaternary care across hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation (Centre Hépato-Biliaire Henri Bismuth), medical and digestive oncology (within the Paris-Saclay Cancer Campus), addictology, psychiatry, geriatrics, palliative care, diagnostic and interventional radiology, and laboratory services.

Its flagship offering is the Centre Hépato-Biliaire, which performs approximately 2,800 surgical operations per year, including 120-140 liver transplants — the highest volume nationally — and serves as a National Reference Center for Wilson's Disease and Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy. The Centre also manages the European Liver Transplant Registry (ELTR), covering 100,542 transplants from 147 centers across 25 countries since 1968. The hospital runs an Inserm joint research unit with Université Paris-Sud and participates in clinical trials through its academic affiliation with Université Paris-Saclay. Additional specialties include the C-PREH rapid viral hepatitis screening center, the first palliative care unit created within AP-HP (1990), and the CHPOT organ and tissue donation coordination network spanning three hospitals.

Revenue is generated primarily through regulated public reimbursement under the French Sécurité Sociale system, with tariffs set by the Agences Régionales de Santé. A supplementary fundraising channel (Mécénat) provides tax-deductible donations. The hospital serves the general public across the Île-de-France region, with patient access via direct hospital visits, physician referrals, emergency services, and the AP-HP online patient portal. As a government-owned public institution under the French Ministry of Health, the hospital has no private equity or venture capital ownership and reports no publicly disclosed financial figures.

Name

Hôpital Paul-Brousse

Legal name

Hôpital Paul-Brousse

Website

https://hopital-paul-brousse.aphp.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1913

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Hôpital Paul-Brousse is a French public university hospital in Villejuif, operating 653 beds as part of AP-HP Paris-Saclay. It houses France's #1 liver transplant center, a National Reference Center for rare hepatic diseases, and the European Liver Transplant Registry, serving the Île-de-France region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital Outpatient Surgery Departments (HOPDs) (HLAFAIAC)

Keywords

• University hospital services
• Liver transplant care
• Hepatology treatment
• Geriatric medicine
• Public healthcare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Villejuif

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Reimbursement: As a French public hospital within AP-HP, services are reimbursed through the national social security system (Sécurité Sociale). Patients pay regulated fees covered by mandatory health insurance, with potential supplemental coverage through mutuelles.
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Accepts tax-deductible donations from individuals, with 66% income tax deduction, 75% IFI deduction up to €50,000, and 60% corporate tax deduction up to 0.5% of revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hôpital Paul-Brousse is a French public university hospital located in Villejuif and part of Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP). It delivers specialized inpatient and outpatient medical care, with recognized expertise in hepatology and liver transplantation, geriatrics, oncology, psychiatry/addictology, and clinical biology. It also operates as a teaching hospital with research activities.

Product overview

Hôpital Paul-Brousse is a university hospital within AP-HP. Université Paris-Saclay, located in Villejuif, France. The hospital operates as a multi-specialty medical center organized around distinct departments, including the Centre Hépato-Biliaire (CHB) as its flagship hepatobiliary and liver transplantation center, Addictologie, Oncologie médicale et digestive, Psychiatrie, Gériatrie, Soins palliatifs, Imagerie, and Laboratoires. Supporting clinical operations are specialized services including the Coordination Hospitalière des Prélèvements d'Organes et de Tissus (CHPOT) and therapeutic patient education programs (ETP). Digital patient services include online appointment booking and online bill payment through AP-HP platforms. The hospital has 653 beds and 58 places.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Centre Hépato-Biliaire (CHB): The Hepato-Biliary Center, the leading national liver transplantation center performing 120-140 transplants annually
• Centre de référence des maladies rares

Products and services

• Liver Diseases and Liver Transplant Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Regularly places above national average in quality studies by Agence de la Biomédecine
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Université Paris-SaclaycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Academic affiliation with Université Paris-Saclay through the GHU AP-HP. Université Paris-Saclay, enabling research collaboration, clinical trials, and medical education. The hospital is part of the Paris-Saclay Cancer Campus for oncology research and treatment.
• ELTR (European Liver Transplant Registry)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1968The Centre Hépato-Biliaire manages and analyzes data from the European Liver Transplant Registry, which contains records of 100,542 transplants performed in 147 centers across 25 European countries since 1968. This partnership establishes the hospital as a central hub for European transplant research and data coordination.
• AP-HP. Université Paris-Saclay (GHU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Groupement Hospitalo-Universitaire AP-HP. Université Paris-Saclay comprising 7 university hospitals (Antoine-Béclère, Ambroise-Paré, Bicêtre, Maritime de Berck, Paul-Brousse, Raymond-Poincaré, Sainte-Périne) covering South and West Paris areas.
• Hôpitaux Antoine-Béclère and BicêtrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTri-hospital coordination through CHPOT (Coordination Hospitalière des Prélèvements d'Organes et de Tissus) for organ and tissue donation across the three facilities, with shared procedures and staff.
• Inserm - Université Paris-Sud (Joint Research Unit)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Centre Hépato-Biliaire maintains an Inserm-UPSud Joint Health Research Unit and a Clinical Research Unit for preclinical and clinical hepatology research.
• HepatInov Hospital-University DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founded the C-PREH viral hepatitis screening center with the HepatInov department coordinated by Pr Jean-Charles Duclos-Vallée, enabling rapid hepatitis B and C screening and treatment initiation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hospices Civils de Lyon: Major French university hospital network and one of the largest in France, providing comparable multi-specialty academic medicine including liver transplantation, oncology, and research affiliations — a primary French competitor for tertiary care cases.
• Addenbrooke's Hospital (Cambridge University Hospitals): Major UK university hospital with a leading liver transplant program (Cambridge Transplant Centre) and academic affiliation with the University of Cambridge — comparable to Paul-Brousse in combining liver transplantation excellence with comprehensive academic medicine and research.
• CHU de Bordeaux: Major French university hospital offering comparable multi-specialty care, organ transplantation, and academic medicine across specialties including hepatobiliary surgery and oncology — a national-level comparable in scale and academic mission.
• Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin: One of Europe's largest university hospitals, comparable in scale and academic mission with multi-specialty care including transplant programs, oncology, and research affiliations — a primary European comparable for tertiary and quaternary academic medicine.
• King's College Hospital: Major UK university hospital internationally renowned for liver transplantation and hepatology (King's Liver Unit), directly comparable to Paul-Brousse's Centre Hépato-Biliaire as a leading European liver transplant center with academic research leadership.

Regional players

• AP-HP Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades: AP-HP university hospital sharing the same parent organization (AP-HP) as Paul-Brousse, with comparable research and academic infrastructure — although focused on pediatric care, it operates similar transplant programs and serves as a regional comparable in the Île-de-France ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière: AP-HP university hospital in Paris and one of Europe's largest hospitals, offering comparable multi-specialty care including transplant programs, oncology, and academic medicine within the same AP-HP network as Paul-Brousse.
• Hôpital Henri-Mondor: AP-HP university hospital in Créteil with major hepatobiliary surgery, liver transplantation, and multi-specialty offerings, serving a similar patient population in the southern Paris region and operating within a comparable academic medical framework.
• Hôpital de Bicêtre: AP-HP university hospital sharing the same GHU AP-HP Université Paris-Saclay group as Paul-Brousse, with co-management of the Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy Reference Center and overlapping transplant/organ donation coordination activities via CHPOT.
• Hôpital Beaujon: AP-HP university hospital specializing in hepatobiliary and digestive diseases, performing liver transplantation and complex hepatobiliary surgery — directly comparable to Paul-Brousse's Centre Hépato-Biliaire and a primary national competitor in liver transplant volume.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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