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