What Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo does

Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo is a public tertiary care (Level III) hospital located in Guayaquil, Ecuador, founded in October 1970 and operated by the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS), Ecuador's mandatory social security institute. The hospital provides specialized medical services to beneficiaries of the social security system, functioning as a referral center within Ecuador's public healthcare network with approximately 983 employees. As a teaching hospital, it engages in clinical research and publishes the peer-reviewed scientific journal 'Revista Ciencia y Avance' (launched 2022, with Volume 3 Issue 2 in 2025), hosted on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.

The hospital's clinical and research operations span multiple medical specialties, evidenced through peer-reviewed publications covering biosafety, NAT blood screening, thrombolysis, plasmapheresis, dermatology, gastroenterology, HIV care adherence, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, hemangiomas, endometriosis, vascular surgery, and angiosarcoma. It maintains formal academic partnerships with Ecuadorian universities including Universidad de Guayaquil for medical training and collaborative research. The breadth and continuity of these publications indicate a structured clinical research operation rather than ad hoc activity.

Business model: As a public IESS-affiliated institution, the hospital is funded through mandatory social security contributions collected from workers and employers in Ecuador. Patients access services through the IESS referral network rather than direct payment, with the hospital's operating budget allocated by IESS central administration. There are no commercial revenue mechanics, customer acquisition costs, or pricing models - the entity operates as a public utility providing specialized healthcare to insured beneficiaries, with academic publishing serving as a non-revenue-generating reputational and research function.

Name

Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo

Legal name

Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo

Website

https://htmc.gob.ec

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Public Level III tertiary care hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador, operated by the IESS social security institute. It provides specialized medical services to insured beneficiaries, runs clinical research, and publishes the journal Revista Ciencia y Avance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Guayaquil

HQ country

Ecuador

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Social Security Healthcare Services: Public healthcare institution funded through mandatory social security contributions from employers and employees in Ecuador. Services are provided to IESS beneficiaries at no direct cost at point of service.
2. Scientific Journal Publication: Open-access journal publishing without charges to authors or readers. Editorial department bears all editing, management, and publication costs. No revenue generation from publication activities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo is a Level III specialty hospital operated by Ecuador's Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS), delivering tertiary medical care including emergency services, surgical procedures, hospitalization, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, and outpatient specialist consultations. It also runs medical residency and postgraduate training programs in partnership with multiple universities, and publishes the peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal 'Revista Ciencia y Avance'.

Product overview

Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo publishes 'Revista Ciencia y Avance' (ISSN 2806-5999 / ISSN-L 1390-6224), a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering medical and clinical research. The journal operates on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) 3.4.0.8 open-source publishing platform and supports multiple citation formats (ACM, ACS, APA, ABNT, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, MLA, Turabian, Vancouver, AMA). The publication is open-access with no charges for authors or readers, and reviewers contribute on a voluntary basis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Revista Ciencia y Avance: Scientific journal published by the hospital featuring medical research articles, case studies, and clinical reviews from hospital staff and affiliated researchers

Products and services

• Tertiary Healthcare Services Comprehensive specialty medical services including emergency care, inpatient hospitalization, outpatient specialist consultations, surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging, and laboratory services delivered to IESS social security beneficiaries referred from primary and secondary care facilities.
• Medical Residency and Postgraduate Training Programs Clinical specialty training for medical residents, postgraduate students, and fellows through academic partnerships with Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, and Universidad de Guayaquil across specialties including Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Vascular Surgery, and others.
• Revista Ciencia y Avance (Scientific Journal) Open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal (ISSN 2806-5999 / ISSN-L 1390-6224) publishing clinical case reports, original research articles, and literature reviews, indexed in LATINDEX, Crossref, and Google Scholar with no charges for authors or readers.

Quantifiable outcome

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Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration3 records

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• IESS (Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social)coreOthersHospital is part of the IESS social security healthcare network, providing tertiary care services exclusively to social security beneficiaries. IESS funds healthcare operations through mandatory contributions from employers and employees.
• Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu SantomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for medical education. Residents and postgraduate students from the university train at the hospital for specialties including Internal Medicine, Critical Care, and other medical specializations.
• Universidad Católica de Santiago de GuayaquilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical education and research collaboration. Faculty members from the university conduct research and supervise medical students at the hospital facilities.
• Universidad de GuayaquilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for medical education. Medical students and residents train at the hospital as part of their clinical training requirements.
• Public Knowledge Project (PKP)supportingTechnology or IntegrationUses Open Journal Systems (OJS) software developed by PKP for managing the scientific journal publication. OJS is open-source software freely distributed under GNU General Public License.
• Latindex, Google Scholar, Zotero, Mendeley, CrossrefsupportingTechnology or IntegrationJournal indexing partnerships with academic databases and reference management platforms that increase visibility and accessibility of published research.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Regional players

• Hospital General Docente de Calderón: Public hospital in Quito under the Ministry of Public Health, providing tertiary and specialty services. Comparable as a public Ecuadorian hospital but operates in a different city and under a different sponsoring entity.
• Hospital Militar de Guayaquil: Military-affiliated hospital in Guayaquil providing specialty care. Comparable in city and tertiary scope but serves a different patient population (military personnel and dependents).
• Hospital Baca Ortiz (Quito): Public pediatric reference hospital in Quito. Comparable as a public referral hospital in Ecuador but focused on a different patient population (pediatrics).
• Hospital del Río (Cuenca): Private tertiary hospital in Cuenca. Comparable as a tertiary specialty hospital in Ecuador but operates on a private-paying model rather than social security.
• Hospital de Solca Guayaquil: Specialty oncology hospital in Guayaquil. Comparable in city and tertiary scope but focused exclusively on cancer care and privately operated by a non-profit.
• Hospital Luis Vernaza (Junta de Beneficencia): Large Guayaquil charity hospital offering specialty and general care. Comparable in city and tertiary scope but operates on a private/charitable funding model rather than social security.

Direct peers

• Hospital General Norte de Los Ceibos (IESS): Another IESS tertiary hospital in Guayaquil, providing similar specialty care to social security beneficiaries. Directly comparable as a peer IESS facility in the same city, sharing referral patterns and patient population.
• Hospital de Especialidades Eugenio Espejo: Quito-based public tertiary specialty hospital operated by the Ministry of Public Health. Directly comparable as a public tertiary hospital serving a large Ecuadorian metropolitan population with similar specialty depth.
• Hospital de Especialidades José Carrasco Arteaga (IESS): Cuenca IESS specialty hospital with similar academic affiliations and tertiary care mandate. Comparable as a same-network IESS hospital operating at Level III with residency programs.
• Hospital de Especialidades Carlos Andrade Marín (IESS): Cuenca's largest IESS Level III specialty hospital. Directly comparable as the southern counterpart IESS tertiary provider, with similar service mix, academic partnerships, and patient base within the same social security network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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