HEALTH CARE LEVELS

 DIFFERENT HEALTH CARE LEVELS:

Different levels of Health care is available to the individuals:

Introduction:  Health care is a multitude of services rendered to individual, families or communities by the agent of health services or professions for the purposes of promoting, maintaining monitoring or restoring health.

There are different types of services are included.

1. Primary Prevention

2. Secondary Prevention

3. Tertiary prevention

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE :

    Also called as essential health care or health care at door step.

    It is the first level of contact of individual, the family and community with national health system, where primary health care is provided.

    A level of health care, it is close to the people, where most of the health problem can be dealt with and resolved.

    It provided at village level and through primary health centers and their sub-centers through the agency of multi-purpose health worker, village health guide, ASHA worker and trained dais.

    The measures of health promotion and prevention are taken a maximum effort at this level of health care. Peoples are made self reliant.

    Besides providing primary health care the villages “health team” bridge the cultural and community gap between rural people and organized health sector.

SECONDARY CARE LEVEL: 

    The next higher level of care is the secondary (intermediate) health care level. 

    At this level more complex problem are dealt with.

    Care is generally provided in district hospital and community centers which also serves as the first referral level.  Curative services are provided at this level.

TERTIARY CARE LEVEL: 

    The tertiary level is a more, specialized specific facilities and attention of highly specialized health workers. 

    This care is provided by the regional or central level institutions. , E.g. medical college hospitals.