The content of the common portfolio of services of the National Health System (SNS) is governed by Law 16/2003, of 28 May, and Art. 2 of RD 1030/2006, of 15 September.
The portfolio of common services of the SNS includes all of the techniques, technologies and procedures, in other words, all of the methods, activities and resources based on scientific knowledge and experimentation, through which health care benefits are put into effect. It is structured around the following types:
a) The common portfolio of basic care services of the SNS includes all prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation activities carried out at health and social health centres, as well as emergency health transport. It is fully funded by public funds.
These services are provided so as to guarantee the continuity of care, through a multi-disciplinary, patient-centred approach, thereby guaranteeing the highest quality and safety of provision, as well as providing accessibility and equal treatment to the entire population.
b) The supplementary common portfolio of the SNS includes all benefits provided to outpatients and subject to a user contribution: provision of pharmaceuticals, ortho-prosthetics, dietary products and non-urgent medical transport, subject to a doctor´s prescription, for clinical reasons and with a level of user contribution in accordance with that set for the pharmacy benefit.
The percentage of the user contribution will be governed by the same regulations that govern the pharmacy benefit, using the retail price of the product as the basis for the calculation and without applying the same limit to this contribution.
c) The common portfolio of ancillary services of the SNS includes all activities, services and techniques, which are not classed as a benefit, and which are not considered to be essential and/or help or support the improvement of a chronic pathology. These are subject to a contribution and/or repayment by the user.
La aportación del usuario o, en su caso, el reembolso, se regirá por las mismas normas que regulan la prestación farmacéutica, tomando como referencia el precio final de facturación que se decida para el SNS.