LEGAL ELEMENTS OF CONTINUITY OF THE MEDICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY POPULATION
Abstract:
In an aging society, quality and continuity of health and social care are equally important.
Continuity of elderly care covers two types of services: medical and social. In rural field, primary health
services are provided by family doctors, in private practice, who have contracts with the health
insurance house. Social services are offered by providers of social services, public and private, which
have contractual relationship with local government authorities. In the medical field, continuity is
regulated only for the providers who are in contract with the health insurance fund. In social services,
continuity is not expressly regulated; there are provisions for the quality conditions that must be fulfilled
by the home care providers and by the residential centres for the elderly.
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