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Unimed (organization)

Unimed is a Brazilian medical work cooperative and health insurance operator. It is considered the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 105,000 affiliated physicians, 386 branches and more than 15 million beneficiaries. Its name is a composite of união and médicos ( Portuguese for "union" and "physicians").

Created as an alternative against capital-based health plans, the cooperative was founded in 1967 in the city of Santos, state of São Paulo, by Edmundo Castilho.

Unimed

Unimed may refer to:

  • Unimed (organization), a Brazilian medical work cooperative and health insurance operator
  • Unimed S.A., a Swiss biomedical engineering company
  • or Mediterranean Universities Union

  • UNIMED, abbreviation for the State University of Medan
  • UniMed or Universal Medicine, an esoteric healing and religious organization in Australia