Table 1 Essential primary health care services related to NCDs

Essential preventative PHC services -related to NCDs

 • Promoting healthy lifestyles, inculcating skills in preventing and combating risk factors

 • An annual medical examination with a prophylactic examination of persons over the age of 18 with the aim of preventing

 • Periodic medical examinations of patients with diseases registered with a family doctor;

 • Provision of services for early detection of pathology based on screenings

Essential curative PHC services -related to NCDs

 • NCD consultation (primary examination, clinical examination, diagnosis, treatment)

 • Medical treatment (intramuscular, intravenous procedures)

 • Medical and hygienic-dietary treatment, including compensated medicines and medical products

 • Monitoring of patients according to treatment plan

 • Referral to other services such as laboratory rapid tests, as well as physiotherapy and physical rehabilitation services

 • Referral to a specialized physician in cases that are beyond the competence of the family doctor

 • Medical care at home