L0 |
Non-public services for basic triage, health information, and basic care, but without laboratory testing or TB treatment available. |
Pharmacy, drug sellers, drug stores, community-based organizations (with health cadres) |
L1a |
Government-owned facilities that provide primary health care, generally on an outpatient basis. Sputum smear microscopy and TB treatment may be available. |
Community Health centre (CHC) |
L1b |
Private facilities that provide primary health care, generally on an outpatient basis. Sputum smear microscopy (and other TB diagnostics) are mostly absent, but TB treatment may be available. |
Private practitioners, private clinics |
L2a |
Government-owned secondary level health facilities for outpatient and inpatient care, generally with more diagnostic services (sputum smear microscopy, x-ray, and Xpert MTB/RIF) as well as TB treatment. |
Public hospitals |
L2b |
Private facilities that provide secondary level health outpatient and inpatient care, generally with more diagnostic services (sputum smear microscopy, x-ray, and Xpert MTB/RIF) as well as TB treatment. |
Private hospitals |
L3 |
Specialized health care facilities with large inpatient capacity, specialized doctors and more sophisticated diagnostic capabilities including sputum culture with drug-susceptibility test, and treatment services for drug-sensitive or drug-resistant TB. |
Tertiary care hospitals |