Alarcon, Mikko Anthony P.

BSN 406/Group 21 A DEFINITION Primary Health Care is the term for the health care services which play a role in the local community. It refers to the work of health care professionals who act as a first point of consultation for all patients within the health care system. Such a professional would usually be a primary care physician, such as ageneral practitioner or family physician, or a non-physician primary care provider, such as a physician assistant or nurse practitioner. Depending on the nature of the health condition, patients may then be referred for secondary or tertiary care. Secondary Health Care is an intermediate level of health care, that is concerned with the provision of specific technical, therapeutic or diagnostic services. Specialist consultation procedures and hospital admissions fall into this category of care. These services are episodic and usually focused on a particular health problem. Continuity of care is less critical. Secondary Health Care is provided to a larger group of people from a larger geographic area than those served by Primary Health Care. Tertiary care requires highly specialized equipment and expertise such as coronary artery bypass surgery, renal or hemodialysis, some plastic surgeries or neurosurgeries, severe burn treatments or any other very complex treatments or procedures. PATIENTS Primary care involves the widest scope of health care, including all ages of patients, patients of all socioeconomic and geographic origins, patients seeking to maintain optimal health, and patients with all manner of acute and chronic physical, mental and social health issues, including multiple chronic diseases. INSTITUTIONS -Bagumbayan health center -Bagong Lipunan health center

Patients in this health care end up here when they have a medical condition that cant be handled by primary care.

Philippine General hospital

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 medical investigation and treatment

-Makati medical center -St. Lukes medical center

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