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Healthcare is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and any other physical or mental health issues in patients. Healthcare is provided by doctors, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other healthcare provider. This is where the three levels of care are started: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary.
Primary care is given when a patient has either a minor injury, or illness. Primary care is when you see your primary care physician which provides ambulatory care. This type of care is done fast, and is not expensive (Timmreck, 2003).
Primary care physicians check the patient to see how bad the illness or injury really is and the physician will decide on a treatment plan for the patient. If the patient cannot be taken care of by the primary care doctor, then the patient is referred off to a specialist who can treat the patient.
In regards to the brain tumor patient, the physician would order a brain scan. Once the scan is done and the radiologist reviews the results and a tumor is confirmed, then the patient will need to move to the secondary level of care.
Secondary care is where the patient is referred by the primary care level. This is a specialist who is able to treat the health problem that is serious and not common for a primary care provider to treat. An example would be a cardiologist, urologist, or neurologist. Secondary care setting is usually a hospital environment. Many of secondary care providers do not always work in a hospital, unless it is a psychiatrist. Also, the secondary care level usually is done through referrals (Timmreck, 2003).
Primary care is given when a patient has either a minor injury, or illness. Primary care is when you see your primary care physician which provides ambulatory care. This type of care is done fast, and is not expensive (Timmreck, 2003).
Primary care physicians check the patient to see how bad the illness or injury really is and the physician will decide on a treatment plan for the patient. If the patient cannot be taken care of by the primary care doctor, then the patient is referred off to a specialist who can treat the patient.
In regards to the brain tumor patient, the physician would order a brain scan. Once the scan is done and the radiologist reviews the results and a tumor is confirmed, then the patient will need to move to the secondary level of care.
Secondary care is where the patient is referred by the primary care level. This is a specialist who is able to treat the health problem that is serious and not common for a primary care provider to treat. An example would be a cardiologist, urologist, or neurologist. Secondary care setting is usually a hospital environment. Many of secondary care providers do not always work in a hospital, unless it is a psychiatrist. Also, the secondary care level usually is done through referrals (Timmreck, 2003).