Andalusian Health Service

The Andalusian Health Service (Spanish: Servicio Andaluz de Salud, SAS), the government-run health system for the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, was created on May 6, 1986, as an autonomous agency attached to the Regional Ministry of Health (Consejería de Salud y Familias) of the Andalusian Autonomous Government. The SAS is part of the decentralised Spanish National Health System, and is funded through the annual budget of the Andalusian Autonomous Community. As of 2019, the agency has more than 104,000 employees, including nurses, doctors, pharmacists, veterinarians, social workers, and administrative and service staff. It manages 50 hospitals and more than 1,500 local clinics, covering all medical specialities and applying a wide range of treatments and procedures. The agency also runs emergency rooms, ambulances and medical transport (including aerial transport), physiotherapy, mental health care, etc. Drugs and prescriptions are subsidized, and people pay a percentage of the price depending on its incomes, with a monthly limit for unemployed and retired pacients.