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. 2023 May 3;18(5):e0284957. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284957

Table 1. Models of care definitions derived from systematic review study.

Model of care Definition Alternative names Personnel used
Health facility based Services offered at a fixed facility. Health centres, Clinics Health care workers, Community health works (CHWs)
Community-based interventions Services are offered in the community. Community-based interventions, Community health workers, village health teams, CHWs
community health volunteers, lady health workers and community based distributors;
Traditional birth attendants,
Outreach Services are offered as an advanced fixed strategy ran by at least 02 health personnel attached to a health facility or organisation. The teams do not rotate or move from one community to another Community outreach, fixed outreach site, aid post Health Care Workers, CHWs
Mobile clinic Ambulatory services are offered at the community-based on a rotating basis. Mobile teams, mobile health center, mobile health clinic, health camps, Health care workers
Home-visit Services are offered in the homes of the patients/beneficiaries Households visits, house-to-house visits, tent-to-tent visits Health Care Workers, CHWs