Periodicum biologorum, Vol. 115 No. 4, 2013.
Stručni rad
Gerontology public health management in Croatia
SPOMENKA TOMEK ROKSANDIĆ
; Institute of Public Health „Dr Andrija Štampar”, Zagreb, Croatia
NADA TOMASOVIĆ MRČELA
; Institute of Public Health „Dr Andrija Štampar”, Zagreb, Croatia
NINA SMOLEJ NARANČIĆ
; Institute for Anthropolgical Research, Zagreb, Croatia
ZVONIMIR ŠOSTAR
; Institute of Public Health „Dr Andrija Štampar”, Zagreb, Croatia
MARICA LUKIĆ
; Institute of Public Health „Dr Andrija Štampar”, Zagreb, Croatia
ZIJAD DURAKOVIĆ
; Institute for Anthropolgical Research, Zagreb, Croatia
MATE LJUBIČIĆ
; Republic Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
The gerontologic-public health service provided at primary health care
level by the Centers ofGerontology of the PublicHealth Institutes (PHI) in
particular Croatian counties, City of Zagreb and Republic of Croatia is
based on the established gerontologic-public health parameters of health
care needs and functional ability of the elderly in institutional and non-
-institutional health care. Appropriate preventive gerontologic program of
primary prevention for the elderly has also been performed by Gerontology
Centers in local community, providing immediate gerontologic non-institutional
care for the elderly. A comprehensive approach in health care of the
elderly, with family medicine playing the leading role, is ensured by due
coordination at the level of primary health care for the elderly as part of the
gerontologic-public health service with a catchment population of 30,000
older people. The public health relevance of health management for the
elderly at these three levels (superior, intermediary and basic health management)
is based on the primary health care for the elderly. The strategic
goals is based on the monitoring, studying, evaluation and reporting, with
coordination and supervision of the implementation of health care needs of
the elderly through monitoring of health care needs.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
116330
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.12.2013.
Posjeta: 1.479 *