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Add to Preferred SourcesThe European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing loans of up to EUR 180m for the establishment of 75 multi-professional and interdisciplinary primary health centres in Austria.
The EIB financing is being made available to Austrian partner banks, which will also contribute up to EUR 180m, meaning that a total of up to EUR 360m in bank financing will be provided to primary health centres.
EIB Vice-President responsible for operations in Austria Andrew McDowell said: “Health care sector financing is one of the EU bank’s key priorities. The projects we support aim to provide people in Austria and other EU Member States with efficient access to safe and affordable health care services for prevention and treatment.”
The project supports an initiative of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection for the restructuring of the Austrian primary health care system. The goal is to migrate certain services from hospitals to primary health centres to reduce the pressure on hospitals and ensure that people can access local care, with primary health centres across the country benefiting from the EIB financing.
Original source: EIB
Published on 21 January 2019