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PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE: A unit of public health services that is targeted at promoting health, preventing disease and providing care, by intervening in the first line of action of the National Health Service and ensuring continuity of care, whenever there is the need to resort to other specialised services and care. It aims at both individual and family health and group and community health, through appropriate care, while taking into account practices recommended by the technical guidelines in force, disease diagnosis and treatment, generally directing its action to the individual, the family and the community. It may provide in-patient care.
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REFERENCE PERIOD: The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
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PERSONS EMPLOYED IN A HEALTH ESTABLISHMENT (STAFF CENSUS): Professionals that participate in the activity of the health establishment on the last day of the reference period, irrespective of the duration of this participation, under the following conditions: a) persons linked to the health establishment by a labour agreement and receiving a remuneration; b) persons linked to other institutions but working and directly paid by the health establishment; c) persons in the previous circumstances although temporarily absent for a month or less because on holiday, ordue to a labour dispute, profissional training, ilness or accident at work. The following situations do not correspond to persons employed in the health establishment: i) persons in the circumstances described in points a) and b) but temporarily absent for more than a month; ii) persons linked to the health establishment but working and directly paid by other institutions; iii) any other persons working at the health establishment but paid by other institutions (e.g. persons linked to a temporary job agency); iv) self-employed persons (e.g. service providers); v) volunteers.
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