Krankenanstalten in Österreich/Hospitals in Austria

Hospitals in Austria
directory show whether a hospital is funded by a provincial health fund (Vermerke –
Fondszugehörigkeit: Landesfonds)
� DRG-based funding by the private hospitals fund (PRIKRAF) applies to sanatoria (private
hospitals run for profit). This fund draws upon the resources of the social insurance
system to pay for services carried out in these hospitals that are covered by social insurance.
The data sets of the hospitals directory show whether a hospital is (co-)funded by
the private hospitals fund (Vermerke – Fondszugehörigkeit: PRIKRAF)
� Non-DRG-based funding from other sources applies to various specialized care institutions,
especially rehabilitation centres and long-term care institutions. Some of those
hospitals are funded by social insurance institutions; most of the others have individual
contracts with social insurance agencies. The data sets of the hospitals directory show
whether a hospital is included in this group (Vermerke – Fondszugehörigkeit: Sonstige).
The table below is intended to illustrate relationships between and distribution of the characteristics
described above:
Care sector Acute care Non-acute care
Type of care General care
General hospitals
Specialized care
Type of
Sanatoria
hospital
Special hospitals
Hospitals for the chronically ill
Financing/funding
Provincial health funds
Private hospitals fund
Others
Legal status
� Public law status: Under the Federal Hospitals Act a hospital may be granted public law
status if it is non-profit-making and if it meets certain requirements of the Federal Hospitals
Act.
� Public benefit: Hospitals for public benefit may be but do not have to be granted public
law status. Under the Federal Hospitals Act a hospital is classified as being for public benefit
if, among other things, it is not being operated for the purpose of making a profit, and if
any patient requiring admission will in fact be admitted if the hospital is equipped to provide
the appropriate treatment.
The data sets for each hospital include information on whether a hospital has been granted
public law status or not (Vermerke – Öffentlichkeitsrecht: mit/ohne Öffentlichkeitsrecht) and
whether it is for public benefit or not (Vermerke – Gemeinnützigkeit: gemeinnützig/nicht gemeinnützig).
Ownership/responsible bodies
Austria's hospitals are owned and/or run by a variety of organizations and authorities. Each
type of responsible body is found in conjunction with virtually every hospital type listed above.
However, it is worth noting that, with the exception of military and prison hospitals, responsibility
for the provision of hospitals is not a federal government issue.
It should also be noted that the frequently asked question about “public hospitals” and
“private hospitals” can be answered with reference either to the legal status of a hospital
(public law status) or to the responsible body involved. There are hospitals with public law
status in private ownership and there are also hospitals without public law status, owned
and/or run by provincial or municipal hospital companies or social insurance institutions.
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