[6] PRELIMS | LEVELS OF HEALTH CARE Flashcards
Levels of Health Care Services
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- ____
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- Primary level of care/Primary care
- Secondary level of care/Secondary care
- Tertiary level of care/Tertiary care
Health services offered at this level are to individuals in FAIR health and to patients with diseases in the early symptomatic stages
Primary Level
Primary Level
These includes health care services given at family level and at the barangay level such as:
- (1) ____
- (2) ____
- (3) ____ of hospitals
- (4) ____
- (5) ____ agencies
(1) RHU (Rural Health Unit) & BHS (Barangay Health Station)
(2) Main Health Center & CHHC
(3) OPD
(4) Puericulture Centers (Care for Children)
(5) Private & Semi-private
Health services offered at this level are to patients with symptomatic stages of disease which require moderately specialized knowledge and technical resources for adequate treatment
Secondary Level
Secondary Level
These include ____ including emergency and district, provincial, regional government or private hospitals
smaller, non-departmentalized hospitals
Services rendered at this level are for clients afflicted with diseases which seriously threaten their health and which require highly technical & specialized knowledge, facilities and personnel to treat effectively
Tertiary Level
Tertiary Level
These include highly technological & sophisticated services offered by medical centers & large hospitals such as: ____, ____, ____
central referral hospital, specialized national hospitals, medical & training hospitals
*includes UMC
Level of Care
- Education
- Prevention
Promotive and Preventive Care
Level of Care
- Early Detection
- Routine Care
Primary Care
Level of Care
- Emergency Treatment
- Critical Care
Secondary Care
Level of Care
- Specialized Care
Tertiary Care
Level of Care
- Intermediate & Follow-up Care
Restorative Care
(Rehabilitation)
Level of Care
- Long Term & Chronic Care
- Personal Care
- Hospice Care
Continuing Care
(Home Care)
First Level Worker (FLW)
Public Health Midwife (PHM)
FLW - Public Health Midwife (PHM)
- (1) ____ including immunizations; will refer all abnormal & high risk conditions.
- (2) ____ except complicated cases & IUD insertion.
- (3) ____, follow-up of clinic conditions & first aid according to standing orders.
- (4) ____ - problem to be referred to Sanitary Inspector.
- Assistance in registration of (5) ____
(1) Maternal & child health care
(2) Family planning
(3) Medical care for simple conditions
(4) Simple activities in sanitation
(5) vital events, recording & reporting
Second Level Worker (SLW)
- PHN, CHN
- Sanitarian, PHSI, RHSI
SLW A - PHN & CHN
- Family Planning - (1) ____
- (2) ____ health and medical services on referral from FLW.
- Simple (3) ____
- (4) ____ of the work of FLW, including programming of activities & monitoring of health situation.
(1) IUD insertion, first visit for pill, problem cases
(2) Antenatal, delivery, postnatal & child
(3) laboratory examinations at RHU level
(4) Organization & supervision
SLW B - Sanitarian, PHSI, RHSI
- Inspection & action on all problems in (1) ____ and action on ____.
- Monitoring of sanitary situation in the (2) ____.
- Technical guidance on construction of (3) ____ including motivational programs.
- Training of (4) ____.
- (5) ____.
(1) environmental health as referred from FLW’s inspection / positive wells & water sources
(2) barrios on a methodical basis
(3) wells, garbage disposal systems, latrines
(4) food handlers, food operators
(5) Insect & rodent control
Third Level Worker (TLW)
Physician; MHO
TLW - Physician; MHO
- Responsible for identifying (1) ____ & organizing the ____ in the most efficient way
- Overall responsibility for the (2) ____ in the municipality.
- Deal with (3) ____.
(1) public health services / public health intervention
(2) administration, monitoring and activities of health services
(3) all cases referred to him
Hospitals
Operated & maintained (wholly or partially) by national, provincial, city or municipal government, or other political unit
Government Hospital
Hospitals
Privately owned, established & operated with funds through donation, principal & investment
Private Hospital
Hospitals
Provides medical and surgical care to the sick and injured and maternity care and shall have as minimum, the following clinical services: medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery and anesthesia, emergency services, out-patient and ancillary services
General Hospital
Hospitals
Specializes in a particular disease or condition or in one type of patient
Special Hospital
Multisectoral Approach to Health Care - INTERSECTORAL LINKAGES
- PHC forms an integral part of the (1) ____ of the community.
- Integration of (2) ____.
- Unify (3) ____ within the health organization and other sectors concerned
(1) health system & the overall social and economic development
(2) health plans with the plan for community development
(3) health efforts
Has defined catchment population within a defined geographical area
Inter Local Health Zone (ILHZ)
Component of ILHZ
- People - population size of health district from ____.
- Boundaries - ____ of health service provider.
- Health facilities – ____.
- Health workers - personnel of ____ from NGOs and community based organizations.
(1) 100k and 500k
(2) Accountability & responsibility
(3) RHUs & BHSs
(4) DOH, DPHs (Doctor of Public Health), RHUs, BHSs, VHWs (Voluntary Health Worker)
Multisectoral Appraoch to Health Care
Includes the Pyramidal Health Structure, with tertiary level care at the top, secondary level care at the middle, and primary level care at the base
Intrasectoral Linkages
Health at the Center of Development
- Health is a (1) ____.
- (2) ____ is a fundamental entitlement.
- Investing in health is investing in (3) ____.
- (4) ____ is the foundation of economic productivity.
- Health is a (5) ____.
(1) right
(2) Access to health care
(3) human capital
(4) Human capital
(5) core concern of development
