EUROPEAN PROGRAM

FOR PREVENTION 2025

Preventive medical examination in adults over 40 years

Description

Adults ˃ 40 years old have right to absolve every two years within his/her general practician office a preventive medical examination that includes evaluation of cardiovascular risk factors (lipid profile, blood pressure measurement, BMI and smoking status) and ECG examination. SCORE2/SCORE2-OP is also calculated based on the individual risk factors.

Program launch date

2004

Responsible entity

National Health System

Available results and quality metrics

35-40% of adults underwent the preventive examination in 2015 to 2022 period (https://www.nczisk.sk/Documents/rocenky/2022/Zdravotnicka_rocenka_Slovenskej_republiky_2022_en.pdf).

Limitations / comments

About 60-65% of adults do not participate in the biannual preventive examination. Both positive (e.g. extra benefits for those participating on exams) and negative (e.g. payment contributions by patient for selected medical procedures or treatments for those not participating on exams) motivation approaches can be considered to improve participation rate.