Referral for research? We present a detailed list of tests and specializations that can be ordered by a general practitioner.
The GP (Primary He alth Care) doctor can fly the following tests:
1. Hematological tests:peripheral blood count with percentage formula; platelets; reticulocytes; red blood cell sedimentation (ESR); hemoglobin glycosylation (HbA1c).
2. Biochemical and immunochemical tests in blood serum:sodium; potassium; total calcium; iron; transferrin concentration; urea; creatinine; glucose; glucose load test; total protein; proteinogram; albumin; C-reactive protein (CRP); uric acid; total cholesterol; cholesterol-HDL; cholesterol-LDL; triglycerides (TG); total bilirubin; direct bilirubin; alkaline phosphatase (ALP); aspartate aminotransferase (AST); alanine aminotransferase (ALT); gammaglutamyltranspeptidase (GGTP); amylase; creatine kinase (CK); total acid phosphatase (ACP); rheumatoid factor (RF); antistreptolysin O (ASO) titer; thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH); HBs-AgHBs antigen; VDRL.
3. Urinalysis:general urine examination with microscopic evaluation of sediment; quantitative protein determination; quantitative glucose determination; quantitative determination of calcium; quantitative determination of amylase.
4. Stool tests:general examination; parasites; occult blood - immunochemical method.
5. Coagulation tests:prothrombin index (INR); kaolin-kephalin time (APTT); fibrinogen.
6. Microbiological tests:urine culture with antibiogram; throat swab culture; general stool culture for Salmonella, Shigella.
7. Electrocardiogram (EKG) at rest.
8. Ultrasound examination (USG) of the abdominal cavity.
9. Radiographic images:image of the chest in AP and lateral projection; bone photos - in the case of the spine; limbs and pelvis in AP and lateral views; skull photo; photo of the sinuses; general picture of the abdominal cavity.
Guaranteed benefits include:
1. services for a primary care physician;
2. nurse benefitsprimary he alth care;
3. providing primary he alth care midwife;
4. services of a school nurse or hygienist provided in the teaching and upbringing environment;
5. he alth care benefits,
6. sanitary transport.
Services of a primary care physician are provided under the following conditions:
1. the service provider ensures the availability of the services of a primary care physician in the place where they are provided, from Monday to Friday, between 8.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m., excluding public holidays, in accordance with the service provider's work schedule;
2. in the branches of the service provider it is allowed to ensure the availability of services of a primary care physician on selected days and hours, in accordance with the schedule of the branch's work, in a period shorter than from 8.00 to 18.00, if during these hours the recipients are provided with guaranteed services in another place that is an organizational unit this service provider;
3. in cases justified by the he alth condition of the recipient, the service of a primary care physician is provided on the day of reporting, in accordance with the service provider's work schedule;
4. in order to carry out diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and procedures during the provided medical advice and those resulting from the provided advice and obligatory protective vaccinations resulting from the tasks of a primary care physician, the service provider ensures the operation of the treatment room from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays , including a vaccination point available at least once a week, also after 3 p.m.
Legal basis:
Regulation of the Minister of He alth of 29 August 2009 on guaranteed benefits in the field of primary he alth care (Journal of Laws of 2009, No. 139, item 1139, as amended)