learning objectives

Health Center and Catchment By the end of this lecture you will be able to:
Area& Provision of Health ▪Define healthcare
Services ▪Identify healthcare level
▪Understand health center and catchment area& provision of health
DR. SARAH AWADELKAREEM ALI
services
MBBS, MD, PDFM

The goal of health care

Health Care Provision
provision

Health care includes all services dealing with the diagnosis and The goal of health care provision is to improve health outcomes in
treatments of disease, or the promotion, maintenance and restoration of the population and to respond to people’s expectations, while
health including personal and non-personal health services (WHO, 2016). reducing inequalities in both health and responsiveness (Adams et.
al., 2002
While provision refers to the way inputs such as money, staff, equipment
and drugs are combined to allow the delivery of health interventions
(WHO, 2016).

Level of healthcare

There are three main levels of

health care:

 Primary Care.
 Secondary Care.
 Tertiary Care.
 Health catchment area
Cont.

Definition: Catchment population is the estimate of the population served by a

A geographic area defined and served by a health plan or a health care hospital or other health service unit or facility; it is the population in the
provider. Sometimes called health service area. catchment area.
Catchment area is a geographic area that can be outlined on a map

Importance of health catchment

area:

It is essential for:
Why health catchment  disease mapping,
area is important  optimizing timely routine and emergency access,
 immunization campaigns and vaccination programs,
distribution and allocation of essential health commodities,
 and planning the location of a new health facility

Example of health center Summary