Once his co-operative model was fully established in Spain, Dr Espriu’s aim was to export it to other countries. With this goal in mind, he tirelessly embarked on an international venture the key milestone of which came with the founding of the International Health Co-operative Organisation (IHCO) as the sectoral organisation within the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). Thanks to these international bodies, the bedrock of his philosophy, that doctors and patients should organise themselves to manage their own quality health system, has become a source of inspiration for co-operative members in many countries, in particular in South America.
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