ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH CARE

Abstract

The article is sanctified to the pressing questions of accessibility of health care. In the article the author analyzes the definitions of health care, accessibility of health care in the scientific literature and legislation. It is concluded that legal, organizational, economic and information components are the constituent elements of access to health care. The legal component is that the accessibility of health care is a principle of a social state, and the right to health is in the state law and is provided with appropriate guarantees. The organizational component of the availability of medical care is a sufficient number of diverse medical institution of state, community ownership and private property and medical staff with certain specializations. The economic component of the accessibility of health care is the duty of the state to ensure and create equal opportunities for all citizens to receive medical care, regardless of financial situation. The information component of the accessibility of health care is inform the public about health, treatments, diagnosis and disease prevention. Drawn conclusion, that today in modern legal science accessibility of health care should be considered as: consolidating the right to health and health care at the legislation; organization of the provision of health care on the principle of proximity to the place of residence, place of work or study; availability of the necessary number of medical workers with the appropriate level of qualification; ensuring the right to choose a medical organization and a doctor; provision citizens to guaranteed free health care to the extent established by law; inform the public about health and health care. The accessibility of health care is both a human right of health, and the principle of providing health care, and the foundations for the functioning of democracy, social, law-based State.

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О. М. , Соловйова

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О. М. , Соловйова (2017). ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH CARE. Юридичний науковий електронний журнал, 4(), 109-112. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-477889