Definitions of Health Facilities
- Clinic
- A facility at and from which a range of primary health
care services is provided and that is normally open eight or
more hours a day based on the need of the community to be
served.
- Community Health Centre
- A facility that normally provides primary health care
services, 24 hour maternity, accident and emergency services
and beds where health care users can be observed for a
maximum of 48 hours and which normally has a procedure room
but not an operating theatre.
- District Hospital
- A hospital which receives referrals from and provides
generalist support to clinics and community health centres
with health treatment administered by general health care
practitioners or primary health care nurses.
- Primary Health Care Services
- Accessible first level health services included as part
of the package of basic essential health services.
- Provincial Tertiary Hospital
- A hospital which receives health care users from and
provides sub-specialist support to a regional hospital and
requires the expertise of clinicians working as
sub-specialists.
- Regional Hospital
- A hospital which receives referrals from and provides
specialist support to a district hospital and where health
care users require the expertise of teams led by resident
specialists.
- Specialised hospital
- A hospital which provides care for specified groups of
health care users
- Tertiary Institution
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- Any institution providing health education at a tertiary
level within the Province
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