ArticleWiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)2014
Differences in access points to the ambulatory health care system across Austrian federal states.
Article in Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Implications of federalism: patterns of healthcare utilisation across Austrian federal states - insights from the Health Interview Surveys.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Access points to different levels of health care over 13 years. Utilization behaviour in a changing health care system. Results of a three-wave cross-sectional series in Austria.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Re-examining access points to the different levels of health care: a cross-sectional series in Austria.European journal of public health · 2019Article
- The ecology of medical care: access points to the health care system in Austria and other developed countries.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2019Article
- The influence of general practitioners on access points to health care in a system without gatekeeping: a cross-sectional study in the context of the QUALICOPC project in Austria.Croatian medical journal · 2019Article
- [Primary Health Care in Austria - Tu Felix Austria nube - Concept for networking in the primary care of Upper Austria].Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe nine Austrian regions differ according to demographic parameter, health status, and health care structure. It was the aim of this study to analyse whether there are also differences in access points towards the level of ambulatory care.
methodThe Austrian Health Interview Survey (2006-2007) data with 15,474 participants were used for this cross-sectional analysis. Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics as well as multivariate logistic regression models and correlations.
resultsThere were significant differences in patients with direct utilisation of specialists without having consulted a general practitioner (GP) in the same period in the Austrian regions, with highest proportions for women in Vorarlberg (20.3%) and men in Vienna (21.5%) and lowest in Burgenland (7.0 and 6.6%, respectively). The specialist/GP ratio correlated significantly with the direct specialist utilisation (Spearman correlation coefficient: 0.717).
conclusionThere are spatial differences in the health care utilisation within the Austrian regions, which partly can be explained by the disposal of health care structure. These findings are of special importance according to the ongoing debate concerning the topic strengthening the primary health care sector in Austria.
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