Primary care is called essential health care that is based on the application of practical techniques and technologies, which are scientifically proven and at the same time accepted by society. This is made available to all individuals and families in a given area through their full participation and at a cost that said population and the country in general can bear, in each and every stage of its development with a spirit of self-responsibility and self-determination. This type of care is an integral part of both the national health system, of which it constitutes the central function and the main nucleus, as well as the social and economic development in general of said community.
This type of care must offer services that can be very varied depending on the needs and thus respond at their level to most of the inconveniences. The basic aspects of primary care are coordination, accessibility, comprehensiveness and longitudinality; which are also the ones that give it quality and efficiency.
In the first place, accessibility is located, it can be said that it is the efficient supply of health services with respect to organizational, economic, cultural and emotional barriers.
Then there is the coordination, this represents the sum of the actions and efforts that primary care presents. Comprehensiveness, ability to solve a large part of the health problems presented by the population served, which represents approximately 90%. Longitudinality refers to the monitoring of the different health problems of a patient carried out by health professionals, doctors and nurses.
It can be said then that primary care is the initial level of care, which is in charge of guaranteeing the globality and continuity of care throughout an individual's life, managing and at the same time regulating flows. It also includes health promotion activities, such as health education, prevention of some diseases, health care, maintenance and recovery of health, in addition to physical rehabilitation.
