Acute care hospitals

Acute care hospitals (hospitals funded by provincial funds, accident hospitals and sanatoria) are the most important care providers in Austria. Their activities include the provision of complex medical services, which represents a considerable cost factor in Austria’s health care sector. Therefore, the Austrian Hospital and Biomedical Equipment Plan (ÖKAP/GGP) focuses on this area, and also the planning provisions of the 2008 Austrian Health Care Structure Plan (ÖSG) primarily relate to acute care hospitals, and non-acute inpatient areas are investigated only in exceptional cases. GÖG/ÖBIG has collected a comprehensive data basis and looks back on many years of experience in the field of planning for acute care hospitals, which are integrated in the project activities in this sector.

Selected projects:

Hospital care (Hospital Compass; in German)
Contact: Gerhard Fülöp

Interdisciplinary use of hospital beds and provision of services
Contact: Sonja Valady

Indicators for regional demand for upgraded hospital care
Contact: Gerhard Fülöp

Structure and service provision plan for Salzburg’s hospitals
Contact: Thomas Neruda