Permanent emphasis on active achievement and control of preventive examinations in the primary health care in the course of productive and elderly life is considered one of the most dominant conditions of the objectives of the policy Health 21. In relation to the audit and reviewing activities in the course of January–June 2002, the physician reviewer and his assistant performed the assessment using a standardized interview with randomly selected elderly patients insured by HZP who were provided the home health care by nurses of respective agencies. The questions were asked and recorded into the questionaire with the aim of getting the information on the level of awareness of the clients of the health insurance company on the notion of preventive examination. We consider the results of the survey less satisfactory as concerns the level of awareness of the clients of the health insurance company. It is necessary to look for the possibilities of improving the quality of information in relation to improving the quality of provided and payed health care taking into the collaboration of payers and health care providers. The practice of preventive examinations should be directed towards all age groups, in particular the youngest ones, however prevention of diseases in clients of the health insurance company in a productive age and specific problems in geriatrics cannot be ommitted.

        Key words: healthy aging – Health 21 Policy for European Region – secondary prevention – preventive examinations in elderly age – reported health care – a survey in clients of the health insurance company – standardized interview with closed questions