Primary healthcare means the initial or the first level of
care that is provided to the individual by the doctor or physician. It refers
to the health care facilities that are provided equally to all the people of
the community without any discrimination. This focuses on the initial
consultation and diagnosis for the people and creates awareness about
preventive measures and health education and its importance. Different
illnesses are treated at the primary health care level and also include various
family services like maternal and child health, family planning and much more.
They are then divided into different kinds. Amongst these
different kinds of primary health care systems, the physicians can choose one
kind of primary health care system for themselves. These primary health care
kinds are internal medicine, family medicine, pediatric primary care, and
geriatric medicine.
Kinds of Primary Health care Systems
- Internal Medicine- Also known as internists, the physicians who are in internal medicine have responsibilities like providing complete and broad care to adults which generally includes everyone who is above the age of 18 years. They are responsible to provide care for routine and intricate health problems and that covers a wide range of illnesses. As they are responsible for giving complete medical care to their patients they become their regular and personal physicians developing a long term relation with them.
- Family Medicine- The one in this primary care system is responsible for providing health care facilities to all the members of a family which includes everyone from adults to new-borns. While some do not provide the facility of delivering babies, others do which allows the family to stay with one physician who manages the entire health care for them.
- Pediatric primary care- As the name suggests, the pediatric care system only contains the physicians that are completely trained for providing care to new-borns, infants, and children and even teens. The services included in this involve the wellness routine check-up and the complete evaluation of the child’s social, mental and physical health.
- Geriatric medicine- Geriatric means elderly or old. This means that this primary care system is concerned with the assessment, the diagnosis and the treatment of the health problems that are concerning and common to the aging people. The physicians in geriatric medicine get an additional one or even two years of training related to different social, mental and medical issues that are faced by elders.
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