The Austrian Healthcare-System

Overview

The Austrian Healthcare-System

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  • 77 mn. inhabitants
  • Area 83,878.99 km2
  • Federal state with nine provincial states
  • Gross domestic product (GDP)2018 € 386 bn.
  • GDP per capita2018 € 39.292 (EU Rank No.4)
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  • Life expectancy2016 Ø 81.8 years
  • Compulsory insurance based on a social security model
  • 9% of the Austrian population is covered by social insurance
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  • Health expenditure2017 € 30,107 mn. (10.3% of GDP)
  • Self-governing social insurance in the outpatient sector
  • Hospital sector is a federal and state responsibility
  • Separate financing of inpatient and outpatient sector
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  • Outpatient sector: nationwide standardized reimbursement of pharmaceuticals
  • Inpatient sector: separate purchasing of hospital operators
  • Market volume of pharmaceuticals: € 4.21 bn. (Pharma ratio: 12.2%)

Further reading:

Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit und Konsumentenschutz:

https://www.sozialministerium.at/site/Gesundheit/Gesundheitssystem/

Gesundheit Österreich GmbH:

https://goeg.at/

Pharmig:

https://www.pharmig.at/mediathek/publikationen/?Filter.DocType=datenFakten

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