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This 8 page paper, including 3 graphs, examines the economics of the Austrian healthcare system, looking at mortality, average spending in Schillings and as a percentage of GDP, where the money comes from where and how it is spent. Comparisons are made to other countries, with particular attention to the US. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
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a healthcare system that is centrally funded as well as the safety net of a welfare state. Austria is a country that has one of the more comprehensive of these
systems. In looking at the country and its healthcare system interesting comparisons with a country where there is a predominantly private healthcare model, such as the US. The population of
Austria is estimated as 8,169,929 in July 2002, 16.4% are 14 or under, 68.2% are between 15 and 64 years of age and 15.4% are 65 or above (CIA, 2002).
The growth rate of the population is 0.23% (CIA, 2002). The mortality rate is 9.73 deaths per thousand, with an average life expectancy of 78, broken down as 81.31 for
women and 74.85 for females (CIA, 2002). The main causes of death are cardio vascular failure followed by cancer (EWHNET, 2002). Morbidity varied with those that have a high educational
level reporting a poor health rate of 14% where as those with a poor health education record reporting poor health morbidity at 34%. Numerous statistics are available for individual ailment,
but no groupings have occurred for serous illness (WHO, 2002) The total healthcare expenditure amounted to 185 billion Austrian schillings. In looking at where it was spent in 1997 20.7%
was spent on inpatient care, 25.6 on out-patient care and 14% on pharmaceuticals (Anonymous, 2002). In terms of the expenditure compared to GDP
this has been gradually increasing, with the 1999 level reaching 8.3% rising from 7.2% in 1990. However, it had risen to 8.9% in 1995 and 1996 (WHO, 2002). This
can be compared with the US where there are similar patterns Figure 1; Health expenditure as a percentage of GDP Austria and the US 1990 - 1999 (source WHO,
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