# Medical center formation – concept for the Austrian health system?

- Link: https://goek.consulting/en/medizinische-zentrenbildung-konzept-fur-das-osterreichische-gesundheitssystem-2/
- Published: 2020-03-12T05:34:27+00:00
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**Dipl.-Vw. Dr. Max Laimböck, Dr.-Ing. Jörg Risse, Stefanie Kolbe** 

The health system is characterized by constant and rapidly progressing change, which
makes it increasingly difficult for the patient to keep track of and thus compare
possibilities over the increasingly complex treatment methods offered. It is therefore
understandable that health policy demands for appropriate quality evidence and increased
transparency on the part of the informed patient are becoming increasingly important.

In response to this development, different concepts and offers were created in Germany–
this included the formation of medical centers. While center formation has become
widespread in the German health care system, it has not yet been able to establish
itself in the Austrian health care system. The article describes the basic features
of the establishment of medical centers and the options for an introduction to the
Austrian health system.

ÖKZ – Das österreichische Gesundheitswesen, Ausgabe 08-09/2015, Seite 39-40

https://goek-consulting.de/sites/default/files/veroeffentlichungen/medizinische_zentrenbildung_konzept_fuer_das_oesterreichische_gesundheitssystem.
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