University Hospital Graz, Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Graz, Austria

AUSTRIA

The Styrian Hospital Corporation (KAGes) is an organisation which manages 19 hospitals in Styria on 22 locations, with 1 university clinic, 1 center hospital, 17 standard hospitals and 1 nursing home. The KAGes is to 100% in the property of the Styrian government. It is the biggest employer in Styria, with about 17.000 employees and a financial volume of about 1.3 billion Euro. With more the 6.000 beds, KAGes is not only the main provider of hospital medical services in Styria, every hospital is also an economic factor in its region. KAGes operates under the Austrian Health Structure Plan, medical services are coordinated and demand-oriented.

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