Table 1.
Facility level | Basis | Services offered |
Level I | Community | A range of preventive and curative services with a focus on primary care services. |
Level II | Dispensaries | Management of common illnesses in the specific region |
Level III | Health centres | Formal immunisation programs, HIV testing and referral |
Level IV | District referral hospitals | Antenatal care and routine birthing services, HIV/AIDS care (96%), paediatric services (93%) and emergency obstetric care (EmOC) (78%). |
Level V | Provincial referral hospitals | Surgical services, internal medicine and specialty services such as emergency EmOC and anesthesiology but less extensive as the National Referral Hospitals. |
Level VI | National referral hospitals | Surgical services, internal medicine and specialty services such as EmOC and anesthesiology |
Source: Ministry of Health, 2017: The Healthcare system in Kenya and Kenyan healthcare sector: market study report