The Andalusian Health Service (, SAS), the government-run health system for the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, was created on May 6, 1986, as an autonomous agency attached to the Regional Ministry of Health (Consejería de Salud y Familias) of the Andalusian Autonomous Government. The SAS is part of the decentralised Spanish National Health System, and is funded through the annual budget of the Andalusian Autonomous Community. As of 2019, the agency has more than 104,000 employees, including nurses, doctors, pharmacists, veterinarians, social workers, and administrative and service staff. It manages 50 hospitals and more than 1,500 local clinics, covering all medical specialities and applying a wide range of treatments and procedures. The agency also runs emergency rooms, ambulances and medical transport (including aerial transport), physiotherapy, mental health care, etc. Drugs and prescriptions are subsidized, and people pay a percentage of the price depending on its incomes, with a monthly limit for unemployed and retired pacients. Functions of the SAS Article 13.3 of Decree 241/2004 of 18 May establishes the functions of the SAS: Management of health services in the field of promotion and protection of health, prevention of disease, health care and rehabilitation as applicable to the territory of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia Administration and management of the institutions, centers and of those health services that are under their dependency, organically and functionally. Management of the financial, material and human resources needed to fulfill these functions. Its functions are further delineated by: Ley 2/1998 de Salud de Andalucía (Law 2/1998 on the Health of Andalusia) III Plan Andaluz de Salud 2003-2008 (Andalusian Health Plan III). The quality plan of the Andalusian Public Health System (SSPA). The SAS's own strategic plan. Competencies an organization of the SAS Primary care Ley 2/1998 establishes a primary health care system for Andalusia. This is the first level of access for the people of Andalusia to the SSPA. Among its characteristic elements is the availability of integrated health services including preventive, curative and rehabilitative care. It is also responsible for the promotion of health, for health-related education, and for monitoring the environment with respect to health. As of 1 January 2019 there are 1,519 primary care centers in Andalusia, located so that all citizens can readily reach such a center by public transport. The smallest geographical unit used in organizing primary care services are the districts known as zonas básicas de salud ("basic