Table 2 Types of health care facilities at different levels of the health systems
From: The roles and training of primary care doctors: China, India, Brazil and South Africa
China | India | South Africa | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Community level (first contact) | – | Accredited Social Health Activist | Ward-based outreach teams | Family health care teams and Basic Health Units |
Primary level (first contact) | Village health posts, rural township centres, village clinics and urban community health care centres (CHCs) | Sub-centres and primary health centres | Clinics or community health centres | Basic health units and emergency units |
District level (generalist hospital care) | Level 1 hospitals (care offered by specialists) | Community health centres and sub-divisional hospitals | District hospitals | District hospitals |
Secondary and tertiary level (specialist hospital care) | Level 2 and 3 hospitals | District hospitals and medical college hospitals | Regional, tertiary and central hospitals | Regional, tertiary and medical college hospitals |