Health Policy Monitor, Integration of care - follow up

In 2006, State Health Agencies and its Health Platforms were established in each of Austria's nine federal states. One of the goals was to improve planning, controlling and financing of the health system by overcoming sectoral boundaries. To achieve this funds may be earmarked ("reform pool") to compensate for shifts in service provision between health care settings (see also survey (7) 2006). This survey gives an overview about "reform pool" activities in Austrian federal states.;