Benefits of Cross-Border Healthcare Services for Citizens
Improving public health services in cross-border territories plays a vital role in enhancing citizens' access to quality healthcare, leading to positive regional economic effects. Lower Austria's Health Agency oversees various medical facilities, benefiting 1.7 million residents with a focus on innovative projects and active participation in health networks. Initiatives like Healthacross aim to provide equal healthcare access and improve citizens' quality of life in border regions through cross-border healthcare units and collaborative projects like Healthacross for Future, Bridges for Birth, and HEAL NOW.
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Cross-border Public Healthcare Services Improving public health services in cross-border territories - What benefits for citizens?
Lower Austria: Facts and figures Area: 19,179 km2 414 km borders to Czechia and Slovakia, and in close proximity Hungary Population: 1.7 million
The Health Agency of Lower Austria is an umbrella organization for: all 27 university and provincial hospitals 12 locations of training colleges for healthcare and nursing 48 nursing and eldercare centers 2 disabled care centers Institution under public law with legal personality Hospitals and care centers are 100 per cent owned by Lower Austria
The Health Agency of Lower Austria 27.000 employees 1.700 volunteers Facts and figures: Hospitals 7,600 hospital beds + 3 million out-patient contacts per year ~ 350,000 in-patient admissions per year ~ 169,000 surgeries per year
Healthacross initiative Lower Austria s cross-border healthcare unit. Objectives Improve the quality of life for citizens living in border regions equal access to healthcare services positive regional economic effects How? Implementing innovative projects Active member of European / International Health Networks
Interreg A Projects AT-CZ: Healthacross for Future , Gemeinsam Grenzenlos Gesund SK-AT: Bridges for Birth AT-HU: HEAL NOW
Cross-border Public Healthcare Services Improving public health services in cross-border territories - What benefits for citizens?
