Medicus, Vol. 14 No. 2_Gerijatrija, 2005.
Review article
Health Rights of the Elderly in the Republic of Croatia
Sunčana Roksandić
Tatjana Babić
Nikolina Budić
Abstract
Elderly people are a special category of
insurants in the Republic of Croatia. In addition to rights
exercised by all other insurants, they are also entitled to some
specifi c rights within the health care system. In this article, the
authors discuss the health care of the elderly and their rights
regarding health insurance. They provide a short overview
of the organisation of health care provision to the elderly,
with a special comment on elderly insurants as patients of
a primary care doctor of their choice. They also discuss the
legal classifi cation of the relationship between a doctor and
a geriatric patient as a relationship between a health care
provider and a health care user, as well as rights and obligations
arising from this relationship.
Keywords
health care of the elderly; insurant; geriatric patient; legal regulation of health care organisation; primary care doctor; legal classifi cation of the relationship between a doctor and a geriatric patient; rights and obligations of doctors and patie
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18878
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Publication date:
17.10.2005.
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