ABSTRACT

The pandemic has impeded Austrian NPHSOs on multiple levels: service delivery, income streams, costs, and human resources. To analyze the consequences, we tackle two questions: How has the neo-corporatist welfare-partnership between the government and NPHSOs passed this stress-test? What are the potential effects on the overall composition of the sector? Theoretically, we draw on social origins theory to explain the welfare-partnership in Vienna. Empirically, we analyze online-survey-data and interviews with NPHSO-executives from 2021. The results indicate that Vienna’s welfare-partnership has passed this stress-test successfully, but overall in favor of large NPHSOs, thus forwarding concentration in the sector.

摘要

大流行病在多个层面阻碍了奥地利的 NPHSO：服务提供、收入流、成本和人力资源。为了分析后果，我们解决了两个问题：政府与 NPHSO 之间的新社团主义福利伙伴关系如何通过这种压力测试？对该行业的整体构成有何潜在影响？在理论上，我们借鉴社会起源理论来解释维也纳的福利伙伴关系。根据经验，我们分析了 2021 年以来的在线调查数据和对 NPHSO 高管的访谈。结果表明，维也纳的福利合作伙伴关系已成功通过此压力测试，但总体上有利于大型 NPHSO，从而提高了该行业的集中度。