[Joint search of primary care and rehabilitation medicine to prevent disability and improve rehabilitation].

Abstract

World Health Organization has recognized the growing volume of unmet rehabilitation needs and has recently adopted a resolution on the importance of strengthening rehabilitation services. The paper first assesses the domestic situation, both from the side of primary care and rehabilitation specialist care and presents the significant limitations of resources and capacity in both areas. International publications of recent years point out, among other items, the need for integrated rehabilitation care, take account of possible solutions and present the challenges encountered during implementation. Some previous experiences and results important for integrated rehabilitation care in Hungary are also briefly presented in the paper. The improvement of the current situation and the planning of integrated care also presuppose the exploration of the extent of the limitations of functioning in Hungary. Additionally, it is intended that exploration of the data should allow the examination of the distribution by age, settlement and underlying diseases. To this end, we propose the introduction of a new primary care indicator based on self-assessment of functioning, furthermore, the implementation of possible methods and the conditions of implementation. Orv Hetil. 2024; 165(38): 1483–1492.