Healthcare is not enough.
During this pandemic period, there has been a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of healthcare, on what has worked and what hasn’t. At times, interventions in the field of health and social care, which also have an important role, have been neglected. To improve our health, or to cure it, we need not only health, as it is often only part of the solution. The heart of the matter is explained in the concept of “Essential level of assistance” (Lea), that is to say the level of assistance which, as it is essential, must be guaranteed to all citizens under the same conditions and without distinction of income or social status.
There is a substantial level of agreement among the experts on three points: that integrated care pathways must be based on the multidimensional assessment of needs and on the individual assistance project; activities at the local level must be organized by the regions and autonomous provinces; the interventions must favor the treatment of individuals at home.
Three essential points, but not sufficient as the article in “Il Sussidiario.net” explains
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