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Bupa

British United Provident Association Limited, trading as Bupa ( ), is a British multinational health insurance and healthcare company with over 43 million customers worldwide. Bupa's origins and global headquarters are in the United Kingdom. Its main countries of operation are Australia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Chile, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Turkey, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico and the United States. It also has a presence across Latin America, the Middle East and Asia, including joint ventures in Saudi Arabia and India. Bupa is a private company limited by guarantee. It has no shareholders and reinvests its profits. Health insurance represents 71% of Bupa's revenues worldwide and 24.4 million of its customers. Bupa runs various health provision services for a further 19.2 million customers worldwide (21% of its revenue) including hospitals (primarily in Spain, Poland and Chile), outpatient clinics, dental centres and digital services. Bupa also runs aged care facilities in four countries; the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and New Zealand, which make up 8% of its revenue. It was ranked 83rd out of 750 global companies in the 2020 Forbes World's Best Employers List.

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British United Provident Association Limited, trading as Bupa ( ), is a British multinational health insurance and healthcare company with over 43 million customers worldwide. Bupa's origins and global headquarters are in the United Kingdom. Its main countries of operation are Australia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Chile, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Turkey, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico and the United States. It also has a presence across Latin America, the Middle East and Asia, including joint ventures in Saudi Arabia and India. Bupa is a private company limited by guarantee. It has no shareholders and reinvests its profits. Health insurance represents 71% of Bupa's revenues worldwide and 24.4 million of its customers. Bupa runs various health provision services for a further 19.2 million customers worldwide (21% of its revenue) including hospitals (primarily in Spain, Poland and Chile), outpatient clinics, dental centres and digital services. Bupa also runs aged care facilities in four countries; the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and New Zealand, which make up 8% of its revenue. It was ranked 83rd out of 750 global companies in the 2020 Forbes World's Best Employers List.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1947 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of establishment: 2017 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. date of establishment: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. members: 17,500 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1947". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of establishment is "2017". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the date of establishment is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the members is "17,500 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374631596

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.