Long-term care as an urgent challenge.
Long-term care is a relatively closed system of health care and social care services and assistance that has developed as a response to the needs of those who due to disability, chronic health conditions, trauma or disease limiting their self-care capabilities and independence, are in need of assistance and support of third persons for a prolonged period of time. Long-term care within the public services system does not exist in Slovakia (Ref. 12).
Department of Health Policy and Health Economy, Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia. mario.lezovic@szu.sk
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D018154:Slovakia