title: [The possibilities for the participation of local corporations in the management of health services].
abstract: Strategies that stimulate the involvement of the community in the National Health System would provide more important role for the city councils in the management and control of public health care. This has currently proven to be difficult due to a new centralism at the Autonomous Community level. In this paper, recent collaborative experiences between municipalities and the National Health System are reviewed. Also, different ways for stimulating a real involvement of city councils in the health care are suggested: from managing new facilities and controlling existing facilities at the primary health care level, to a deep, not merely administrative, inclusion of the local health services into the National Health System.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Actuación Asistencial, Consejería de Sanidad y Consumo, Generalitat Valenciana.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peiró Moreno
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tarrazona Hervás
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D006296:Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006298:Health Services Administration; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D011362:Professional Corporations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Posibilidades de participación de las corporaciones locales en la gestión de servicios sanitarios.