Health Costs: Austria's Expenditure Increased by 60 Percent
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Between 2015 and 2024, health expenditure in Austria increased by 60 percent, with public expenditure growing more than private expenditure.
As a result, the increase is significantly higher than the nominal gross domestic product.
Austria's health care system is becoming increasingly expensive – and far from being paid by the state. Every fourth euro comes from private pockets. A new survey now shows that almost one in two would spend even more on their health.
A 60 percent increase in health spending since 2015 to 52.1 billion euros is an "alarming testimony to the health policy of the past eight years", commented today the liberal health spokesman and chairman of the parliamentary health committee NAbg. Mag. Gerhard Kaniak the current report of the parliamentary budget service. "These figures show a serious mismatch between financial effort and the actual benefit for the patients. Instead of addressi…
In Austria, health expenditures increased by 60 percent over nine years, significantly stronger than economic performance. The costs of the public sector and hospital-sampling care increased particularly strongly. AUSTRIA. In 2024, the federal government, Länder, municipalities, social security funds and private households spent a total of 52.1 billion euros on health. Expenditure on long-term care is not included. In 2015, there were still 32.6…
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