Hospital Universitario do Oeste do Parana

What Hospital Universitario do Oeste do Parana does

Hospital Universitario do Oeste do Paraná (HUOP) is a public university hospital located in Cascavel, in the state of Paraná, Brazil. It is owned and operated by the state government of Paraná through its parent institution, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE), and functions as the teaching hospital for UNIOESTE's medical, nursing, and allied-health programs. The hospital delivers general and specialized healthcare services — including emergency care, surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging (hemodynamics, radiology), endoscopy, clinical-laboratory analysis, and hemodialysis — primarily to patients referred through Brazil's national public health system, the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS).

The hospital's commercial and operational posture is governed entirely by Brazilian public-administration rules. Its core technology is the Tasy hospital management system, used for administrative and clinical operations across the facility. It does not generate revenue through commercial sales or private insurance; instead, funding flows from two channels: (i) SUS reimbursements for healthcare services delivered under contractualization agreements, structured according to the SUS procedure table, and (ii) budget allocations from UNIOESTE as part of the state university system's funding. Services are provided at no direct cost to patients. Procurement and contracting follow Lei 14.133/2021 and prior public-procurement law, with all transactions disclosed through the hospital's transparency portal (huopforum.unioeste.br), which has been active since at least 2012.

HUOP's operating footprint is regional, serving the population of western Paraná with no commercial distribution channels beyond SUS referrals. Recent procurement activity has centered on maintenance and acquisition of specialized medical equipment from vendors including Olympus, Stryker, GE Healthcare, Macom, Opuspac, Golden, and Fresenius. The current Diretor Geral (General Director) is Rafael Muniz de Oliveira, who acts as the ordering officer for expenses. As a state-government entity, HUOP has no private equity, founder, or institutional-investor ownership and is not an investable target in the conventional PE/VC/M&A sense; its strategic decisions are driven by public-sector budget cycles and SUS policy rather than market competition.

Name

Hospital Universitario do Oeste do Parana

Legal name

Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná

Website

https://huopforum.unioeste.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Hospital Universitario do Oeste do Paraná (HUOP) is a public university hospital in Cascavel, Brazil, operated by the state of Paraná through UNIOESTE. It delivers general and specialized healthcare — including emergency, surgical, imaging, and hemodialysis services — to SUS-referred patients at no direct cost, funded by public reimbursements and state budget allocations.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cascavel

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde) Reimbursements: Public university hospital funded primarily through reimbursements from Brazil's public health system (SUS). Services are provided to patients through the public healthcare network, with costs covered by government health contracts.
2. Government Budget Allocation: Receives funding allocation from the parent institution UNIOESTE (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná) as part of the state university system's budget.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

HUOP is a public teaching hospital that delivers inpatient, emergency, outpatient, and specialized medical services to the population of western Parana through Brazil's SUS public health system. It also serves as a teaching site for medical residency and health sciences training programs affiliated with UNIOESTE.

Product overview

Hospital Universitario do Oeste do Parana (HUOP) is a Brazilian university hospital affiliated with UNIOESTE that provides healthcare services including clinical analysis laboratory, imaging services (hemodynamics, radiology), endoscopy procedures, and general hospital care. The institution operates a public procurement transparency portal for administrative and contracting purposes. The hospital procures and maintains various medical equipment including endoscopes, surgical motors, ultrasound systems, and laboratory equipment from third-party suppliers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inpatient hospital care

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UNIOESTE (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHUOP is the university hospital affiliated with UNIOESTE. The hospital serves as the teaching facility for medical and health sciences students, combining healthcare delivery with academic education and research activities. The university provides institutional oversight and funding through state government budget allocations.
• SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde)coreOthersNational public health system through which HUOP provides healthcare services to the population. The hospital operates under contractualization agreements with SUS for the delivery of healthcare services, with reimbursements structured according to the Table SUS procedures.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA): Public university hospital affiliated with UFRGS, operating under SUS in Rio Grande do Sul. Directly comparable teaching hospital serving the population through the public health system in a neighboring southern Brazilian state.
• Hospital Universitário de Brasília (HUB-UnB): Federal university hospital linked to UnB and operated under EBSERH, providing SUS-funded care and medical training in Brasília. Comparable as a public university hospital under the EBSERH/state university governance model.
• Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-USP): Public university hospital affiliated with USP, providing tertiary care, medical education, and research through SUS. Directly comparable as a state university teaching hospital serving the public health system, with a similar combined care-education-research mandate.
• Hospital Universitário da UFG: University hospital of the Federal University of Goiás, operating under SUS with combined care, teaching, and research functions. Directly comparable as a public university hospital under the EBSERH/state governance model.
• Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná (CHC-UFPR): Public university hospital of UFPR in Curitiba, providing SUS-funded tertiary care and academic training in Paraná. Most geographically proximate comparable peer, sharing the same state and SUS framework.
• Hospital de Clínicas da Unicamp: University hospital of UNICAMP operating under SUS in Campinas, São Paulo. Same public university hospital model as HUOP, providing specialized care, training, and research for the surrounding region.
• Hospital São Paulo (UNIFESP): University hospital of UNIFESP operating under SUS in São Paulo. Directly comparable as a public university teaching hospital combining healthcare delivery with medical education and research.
• Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (UFRJ): University hospital of UFRJ providing SUS-funded tertiary care in Rio de Janeiro. Directly comparable as a federal/state university hospital with academic and public service mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein: Large private hospital in São Paulo with extensive advanced services and research. Comparable as a Brazilian hospital providing tertiary care, but differs as a private (non-SUS) institution with a broader commercial offering.
• Rede D'Or São Luiz: Brazil's largest private hospital network operating across multiple states. Comparable as a major Brazilian hospital operator, but with a fundamentally different commercial model — private payors and supplementary health rather than SUS contracts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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