title: [Primary Health Care in Austria - Tu Felix Austria nube - Concept for networking in the primary care of Upper Austria].
abstract: The primary health care in rural areas in Austria is currently determined by challenges such as ageing of the population, the shift towards chronic and age-related illnesses, the specialist medical and hospital-related education and training of physicians' as well growing widespread difficulty of staffing doctor's office. The objective is to realize a general practitioner centered and team-oriented primary health care (PHC) approach by establishing networked primary health care in rural areas of Austria. Using literature research, online survey, expert interviews and expert workshops, we identified different challenges in terms of primary health care in rural areas. Further, current resources and capacities of primary health care in rural areas were identified using the example of the district of Rohrbach. Twelve design dimensions and 51 relevant measurement indicators of a PHC network were delineated and described. Based on this, 12 design approaches of PHC concept for the GP-centered and team-oriented primary health care in rural areas have been developed.
authors.affiliation: Fakultät Gesundheit und Soziales, FH Oberösterreich, Garnisonstraße 21, 4020, Linz/Donau, Österreich. johannes.kriegel@fh-linz.at.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kriegel
authors.affiliation: Arzt für Allgemeinmedizin, Marktplatz 43, 4170, Haslach an der Mühl, Österreich.
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rebhandl
authors.affiliation: Arzt für Allgemeinmedizin, Sportplatzstraße, 4470, Enns, Österreich.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hockl
authors.affiliation: Fakultät Gesundheit und Soziales, FH Oberösterreich, Garnisonstraße 21, 4020, Linz/Donau, Österreich.
authors.forename: Anna-Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Stöbich
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D000070516:Intersectoral Collaboration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Centralized health care; Close to home health care; Patient-centered care; Primary health care