According to Peter Hacker, Councilor for Health, the tense situation for doctors in Vienna’s hospitals is “due to the unsatisfactory division of responsibilities in the health sector”. Hacker in an exciting TV interview with Gerhard Koller: “The federal states would like to take more responsibility in outpatient treatment. At the moment, however, we hardly have a say.” On the contrary, responsibility is currently being shifted back and forth between the Medical Association and the Austrian health insurance fund as in a “ping pong game”.
The situation is also not very pleasant among GPs: there are fewer and fewer applicants for jobs at panel doctors, while (paid) private doctors are booming: “I understand the boom of private doctors, but I don’t think it’s okay. The health system should provide “top medicines for everyone” – not just “those who can afford it”.
Noticeable increase in hospital admissions
Hacker is satisfied with the current increase in training places in the nursing sector. On the other hand, the noticeable increase in hospital stays would be problematic: “Because there are often no more free appointments with GPs, too many people come to the hospitals and push the hospital system to the edge of what is possible. That is not good.” That is why the new primary care centers are being used in Vienna to reduce the overload of hospitals.
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