Austria

Healthcare System

The Austrian healthcare system is a combination of statutory health insurance and private healthcare. It is considered a universal healthcare system, where every resident is entitled to healthcare services. The system is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) and is financed by general taxation and publicly financed health expenditures through contributions from employers and employees, with additional subsidies from the government for low-income individuals. The healthcare benefits that the population receives through the system include a range of services, such as preventive care, primary care, specialist care, hospital care, prescription medications, dental care, and rehabilitation. To access healthcare benefits in Austria, individuals must have health insurance, which is mandatory for all residents. Individuals may access any level of the healthcare system with no restrictions, as there is no formal gatekeeping system in place.

Administrative or Claims Data

Database: Statistik Austria Patient Discharge

[1]

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistik Austria;

Primary purpose: Provide open access information about patient discharge.

Type of information:

Available type of information:

Source of Information: Legal entities of hospitals with in-patient admissions are obliged to report.

Data level: Patient level.

Available data level: National and regional level.

Number of Records: Unknown.

Date Range: 1989 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest:

Open data access: Data is partially publicly available. Publicly available data can be found here.

Information/Contact for data request: Contact information can be found here.

Registries

Database: Statistik Austria Cancer Registry

[2]

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistik Austria.

Primary purpose: Provide open access information about cancer incidence.

Type of information:

Available type of information:

Source of Information: Hospitals are obliged to report cancer cases and deaths caused by cancer.

Data level: Patient level.

Available data level: National and regional level.

Number of Records: Unknown.

Date Range: 1969 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest:

Open data access: Data is partially publicly available. Publicly available data can be found here.

Information/Contact for data request: Contact information can be found here.