RT Journal Article T1 Administration of Strategic Agreements in Public Hospitals: Considerations to Enhance the Quality and Sustainability of Mergers and Acquisitions A1 Cerezo Espinosa de los Monteros, Javier A1 Castro Torres, Antonio A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan A1 Coronado Vázquez, María del Valle AB Merger processes between hospitals have high benefit potential for patients, staff andmanagers. This integration of health centres can improve the quality and safety in patient care.Additionally, cooperative processes enhance the sustainability of the health system, by increasingteam spirit, giving innovative ideas and improving staff satisfaction. In this article, the criticalfactors for successful hospital mergers and acquisitions in the Public Health System were consideredto develop a brief guide to help with the organisation of a merger process. Five sections weredesigned: Strategic administration and objectives, Staff management, New hospital complex structure,Processes and Results. This guide facilitates the communication between a variety of stakeholders,thus improving the engagement between all members of the new healthcare system. This could beparticularly important for countries with large regional variance in the organisation of health careand resources. PB MDPI SN 1660-4601 YR 2021 FD 2021-04 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19796 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19796 LA eng NO Cerezo Espinosa de los Monteros, J., Castro Torres, A., Gómez Salgado, J. ... Coronado Vázquez, V. (2021). Administration of Strategic Agreements in Public Hospitals: Considerations to Enhance the Quality and Sustainability of Mergers and Acquisitions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), 4051. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084051 DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 13 jul 2026