Question

1. What are the three levels into which health systems are organized?

Answer 1

The three levels of health systems are

• Primary health care
• secondary health care
• Teritiary health care

  Primary care is the day-to-day healthcare given by a health care provider. Typically this provider acts as the first contact and principal point of continuing care for patients within a healthcare system, and coordinates other specialist care that the patient may need.

Secondary care includes acute care: necessary treatment for a short period of time for a brief but serious illness, injury, or other health condition.

Tertiary care is specialized consultative health care, usually for inpatients and on referral from a primary or secondary health professional, in a facility that has personnel and facilities for advanced medicalinvestigation and treatment, such as a tertiary referral hospital.