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1.3 SECONDARY AND TERTIARY CARE

Secondary care is established to diagnose and treat illness and disease.

Secondary care services may include the following:

 Colonoscopy

 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

 Computerised axial tomography scans

 Mammograms

 Surgery.

Tertiary care is restorative and rehabilitative care designed to restore an
individual back to an optimal level of health. The objective is to decrease

the risk of permanent disability related to the illness or disease. Tertiary

care services may include the following:

 Physical therapy

 Occupational therapy

 Speech therapy
 Respiratory therapy

 Use of durable medical equipment.

Both the deliveries are at either public or private hospitals and are

generally referred by the primary care physicians for further treatment,

specifically for the illness or disease.

1.4 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SERVICES

Healthcare services are very wide, related to health and applicable to both,

public and private healthcare system delivery.

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