Krankenanstalten in Österreich/Hospitals in Austria

Hospitals in Austria
Hospitals in Austria
Scope of survey and information sources
The Federal Hospitals Act (KAKuG) distinguishes between the following types of hospital:
1. General hospitals for all patients without distinction as to sex, age or type of medical care
provided.
2. Special hospitals for the examination and treatment of patients with particular illnesses or
patients in particular age groups, or for other special purposes.
3. Convalescent homes for convalescent patients in need of medical care and special nursing
care.
4. Homes for chronically ill patients in need of medical care and special nursing care.
5. Maternity clinics and maternity homes.
6. Sanatoria: hospitals specially equipped to provide higher standards of board and accommodation.
7. Independent outpatient health-care centres (X-ray clinics, dental care centres and similar
facilities): organizationally independent facilities for the examination or treatment of patients
who do not require inpatient care.
The hospitals directory includes all inpatient hospitals in Austria officially registered under the
Federal Hospitals Act (1–6). Independent outpatient health care centres (7), which number
about 750, are not included in this directory, but will be provided by a separate brochure soon.
The following text on characteristics of the Austrian hospital sector is based on the hospital
statistics 2006, which includes information on all of the 264 inpatient hospitals in operation as
per 31 December 2006. The hospitals directory itself includes information on all of the 269
inpatient hospitals in operation as per 1 February 2008.
The sources of information for the hospitals directory are:
– BMGFJ hospitals register, status as of March 2008; this register contains constantly updated
information based on decisions by the provinces on hospital operating permits and
closures and on the granting of public law status and public benefit status, etc., which are
recorded in the BMGFJ.
– Hospital statistics kept by the BMGFJ as required by the Federal Health Care Documentation
Act (Bundesgesetz über die Dokumentation im Gesundheitswesen); the statistics are
subject to yearly updates; the most recent data refer to 31 December 2006.
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