Levels of Care

A. 3 Levels of Health Care Services

Primary Level of Care devolved to the cities and municipalities and is the first contact between the community people and the different levels of health facility; refers to health care provided by the health center staff

 Secondary Level of Care rendered by physicians with basic health training in district hospitals, provincial hospitals and city hospitals; these facilities are capable of basic surgical procedures and simple laboratory examinations; serves as the referral center of primary health facilities

 Tertiary Level of Care rendered by specialists in medical centers, regional hospitals and specialized hospitals like the Lung Center of the Philippines; serves as the referral center of secondary health facilities

3 Levels of Health Care Services and the 2-way Referral System(Referral from the Community)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAL CENTERS TERTIARY TEACHING

TERTIARY

AND TRAINING HOSPITALS

REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS and TRAINING HOSPITALS

PROVINCIAL / CITY HEALTH SERVICES PROVINCIAL / CITY HOSPITALS EMERGENCY / DISTRICT HOSPITALS RURAL HEALTH UNITS COMMUNITY HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTERS PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS / PUERICULTURE CENTERS BARANGAY HEALTH STATION

SECONDARY

PRIMARY

2 Levels of Primary Health Care Workers

1. Village or Barangay Health Workers(V/BHWs) refers to trained community health workers or health auxiliary volunteers or traditional birth attendants or healers

 2. Intermediate Level Health Workers refers to general medical practitioners or their assisstants, public health nurses, rural sanitary inspectors, and midwives