AUSTRIA: COMPENSATIONS FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS
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From the beginning of 2001 special regional funds will be set up in Austria to finance compensations for patients that have suffered damage during hospital stay, irrespective of the fault of the hospital. The upper limit of such compensations will be Sch 300,000. The fund does not cover cases that involve professional error by a physician. The regional governments will be responsible for appointing committees that decide on the compensations. Hospitals will contribute Sch 10 per patient per day towards the compensation funds. Hospitals are paid Sch 100 per day per patient. In a commentary, Der Standard criticises the fact that the compensations are financed almost exclusively by the patients in the form of hospital fees.
Publication Name: Presse
Subject: Business, international
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Year: 2000
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Austria: Safety measures to protect night time workers
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The representatives of Austrian employees demand several measures to improve occupational safety and health for night time female workers to be incorporated in a new law that is expected to pass by mid 2002, aligned with EU guidelines. The measures include regular health checks, the entitlement to a day time job in case of child care or that of near relatives and a 10% surcharge in time for each working hour. At present, 183,000 women in Austria work at night, especially in the tourism and restaurant industry, as well as in health and social care sector. Austria comes second in European comparison of night time employment.
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Year: 2001
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