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Hospitals &
clinics.
Austria has state-maintained (public) hospitals and private hospitals.
The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which is set
up to deal with many kinds of disease and injury, and typically has
an emergency ward or A&E department to deal with immediate
threats to health and the capacity to dispatch emergency medical
services.
All hospitals, with the exception of some private clinics, are open to
all insured patients. Normally doctors transfer patients to a hospital
and control of treatment is then managed by a doctor there. When
going to a hospital or clinic, you need to take your e-card with you.
If you are ever admitted to hospital, your health insurance will
cover the costs of that stay. All hospitals run a special accident and
emergency department (Notaufnahme), where you go if you need
urgent and immediate medical attention at any time.
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