The importance of health care is well known. Despite this fact, the full potential offered by preventive medicine is not being realized by Austrian patients.
Medical check-ups in particular, which are free for adults, are often simply "forgotten".

Regular check-ups can be especially important with regard to the detection of early signs of serious conditions such as circulatory problems, metabolic diseases (lipometabolism diseases, diabetics, gout) and many forms of cancer (stomach, colon, skin, urinary bladder, breast, uterus, prostate gland).