{"id":987738147,"date":"2024-11-20T18:28:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T17:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=documents&#038;p=987738147"},"modified":"2024-12-20T19:56:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T18:56:18","slug":"the-austrian-health-care-system-key-facts-2019","status":"publish","type":"documents","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/documents\/the-austrian-health-care-system-key-facts-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Austrian Health Care System: Key Facts (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;!!! 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It is available in English language at the Ministry&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sozialministerium.at\/dam\/jcr:6102a229-7b92-44fd-af1f-3aa691900296\/BMASGK_The-Austrian_Health-Care-System__KeyFacts__WEB.PDF\">webpage here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The content of the document covers the following sections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facts and figures\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Health \u2013 a public task\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The health of the population\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Health promotion and preventive medicine\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Health care provision\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Quality, transparency and patient orientation\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>e-Health in Austria\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Health care financing\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Sources and notes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The section describing health financing in Austria, pages 31-35, presents healthcare financing sources as a solidarity-based combination of income-dependent social insurance contributions, taxpayers\u2019 money and private direct and indirect co-payments. 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