Types, conditions and forms of medical care: legal and regulatory framework, structural and functional analysis

Abstract

Relevance. According to the federal regulatory and legal acts, medical care is classified depending on its types, conditions and forms of provision, and is regulated by procedures, standards and clinical recommendations. This determines the relevance of the structural and functional representation of the main classifying principles of medical care within the framework of the regulatory and legal acts in conjunction with other fundamental terms of healthcare organization. However, in scientific and methodological publications, a number of authors unreasonably use the terms “first aid”, “qualified medical care” and other medical care that do not comply with the regulatory and legal acts.Intention – To analyze the leading terms and provisions of the federal legislation by types, services and forms of medical care and related definitions of the law, presenting them as structural-logical schemes.Methodology. The legal acts that define medical care by types, services and forms of its provision are analyzed, the analysis of scientific research is carried out.Results and Discussion. In Russia, the conceptual apparatus is legally defined in relation to the term “medical care”, the criteria for its types, conditions and forms. Based on the structural-functional approach, the authors analyzed the leading terms and provisions of the healthcare legislation by types, services and forms of medical care and related definitions of the law, presenting them as structural-logical schemes.Conclusion. A detailed analysis of the key term “medical care” and related definitions as structural and functional schemes gives visual and logical presentation for better understanding and use in practical work as well as for preparation of publications.