Kaiser Permanente

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Kaiser Permanente

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legal form Mixed form ( non-profit organization and profit-oriented)
founding 1945
Seat Oakland , United States
management vacant
Number of employees 217,415, including
22,914 doctors (2018)
Branch Health care
Website www.kaiserpermanente.org

Kaiser Permanente is a US company and health maintenance organization based in Oakland , California . The company is active in health care and offers, among other things, health insurance coverage .

The company consists of:

  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan,
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospitals,
  • Permanent medical group

The company serves approximately 12.2 million people in eight states and the District of Columbia. 39 hospitals and 695 medical practices are operated for this purpose. The company achieved sales of around US $ 79.7 billion in 2018.

The company was founded in 1945 by doctor Sidney Garfield and industrialist Henry John Kaiser , whose shipyards built the Liberty freighters during World War II .

Web links

Commons : Kaiser Permanente  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. At a Glance , accessed April 16, 2019
  2. Fast Facts , accessed April 16, 2019