Implications of federalism: patterns of healthcare utilisation across Austrian federal states - insights from the Health Interview Surveys.

Front Public Health · 2026 · PMC13388278 · PMID 42487791

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Exploratory correlation analyses showed an associative trend between the density and utilisation of GPs in the respective federal states, however, not showing significance. 2019 data revealed a negative correlation between the number of inhabitants per ambulatory specialist and utilisation of specialists (Spearman’s rho correlation coefficient: −0.69, p = 0.04; Figure 1 ).

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