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BACKGROUND:The challenges for health care systems are evident both in terms of costs and of healthy life expectancy. It was the aim of this study to assess the access points towards the different levels of care and predictors for consulting a specialist without having consulted a general practitioner (GP), a common way of access to the Austrian health care system, a system without gatekeeping function. METHOD:The database used for this analysis was the Austrian Health Interview Survey 2006-07, with data from 15 474 people. Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics as well as multivariate logistic regression models. RESULTS:In the 12 months before the survey, 78.8% consulted a GP, 67.4% consulted a specialist, 18.6% visited an outpatient department and 22.8% had a hospital stay at least once. Overall, 15.1% visited a specialist, 8.5% an outpatient department and 8.1% a hospital without consulting a GP concomitantly. One of the main reasons for direct specialist use was a preventive check-up visit. Tertiary education and migration background increased significantly the chance of having been to a specialist without GP contact for both sexes. CONCLUSION:The overall access rates for specialists as well as the access rates for specialist without GP consultations were high. The findings point into the direction of a benefit through a structurally supported advocacy role for primary health care professionals. The knowledge gained could contribute to the health policy debate on the importance of coordination and continuity with special respect to demographic factors showing the importance of target-group-specific interventions.
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Eur J Public Healthjournal_title
European journal of public healthauthors
Hoffmann K,Stein KV,Maier M,Rieder A,Dorner TEdoi
10.1093/eurpub/ckt008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-12-01 00:00:00pages
933-9issue
6eissn
1101-1262issn
1464-360Xpii
ckt008journal_volume
23pub_type
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