level of health care system.pptx

level of health care

1. Health Care System Prepared by-Mr. Arun Kumar Nursing Tutor SGPGIMS lko.

2. HEALTH CARE 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.

3. The health care goal of system is health development i.e. a process of continuous and progress improvement of health status of a population. •To achieve this goal health care service are usually organized at four levels, each level supported by a higher level to which the client is referred.

4. Levels of Healthcare System

5. Introduction In most health system, there are different levels of healthcare system. Healthcare systems have the goal of improving the health status of the population. The structure which appears as pyramid shows the increasing levels of sophistication and specialization as we move higher.

6. But in some developed countries, another tier called quaternary results in four levels of healthcare. They are: Primary healthcare Secondary Health Care Tertiary care  Quaternary care

7. 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.

8. It provided at village level and through primary health centers and their sub-centers through the agency of multi-purpose health worker, community health nursing village health guide, ASHA worker. The measures of health promotion and prevention are taken a maximum effort at this level of health care.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Tertiary 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. All Indian institutes MS, regional hospitals, specialized hospitals and other apex institutions(SGPGIMS).

12. Quaternary care: Quaternary care (fourth level) is an advanced level of medicine, and the summit of levels of healthcare system. They are highly specialized and not easily accessible. They offer the care in a few national and international centers. Examples of quaternary care are uncommon diagnostic, surgical procedure, experimental drugs.