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).
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Department of Health Policy and Health Economy, Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia. mario.lezovic@szu.sk
Dzundova
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Kovac
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Raucinova
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D018154:Slovakia