Primary Care and intermediate care: a necessary debate

Abstract

This article aims at discussing Primary Care, based on the assumption of the structural question as to its scope of duties. This has been a topic of great debate among policy makers, national and international regulatory bodies, and there is a tendency to consider Primary Care as a fundamental and structuring followup of the health services network. This also means overcoming the already widespread idea that primary care focuses on prevention and promotion services, with basic clinic, offering a reduced package of services, with the aim of meeting some needs of low income population groups, without proper completeness of the system, with access to all the resources necessary for care.