Level | Type of facility | Health services offered |
1 | Community care | Facilitation of community diagnosis. Management; referral to higher level facilities; encouraging appropriate healthy behaviours. |
2 | Dispensary | Basic curative services; case management, prevention and promotion services; basic ANC services. |
3 | Health centre | Curative and case management services for infectious and chronic illnesses; inpatient care. |
4 | Subcounty hospital | Secondary care; primary care including ANC. |
5 | County referral hospital | Specialised services. |
6 | National referral hospital | Specialised diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services. |
Source: Ministry of Health (2017).
ANC, antenatal care.