Table 7.

Service delivery model in Sultanate of Oman

Level of care	Services offered	Occupation
Level 1: Health centres Serves 10 000 population	Outpatient clinics; vaccination and growth monitoring for children; antenatal and postnatal care; family planning, infertility clinics; care of elderly; health promotion and care in communities, schools; mental health; non-communicable; dental and oral health care; laboratory services; dispensing of drugs; preventive care; ambulance services	General medical practitioner, Nurse
Level 1: Polyclinics/extended health centres Serves 15 000–25 000 population	Advance services such as speciality clinics for non-communicable diseases; dermatology; internal medicine; obstetrics and gynaecology; ophthalmology and eye care; ENT; advance screening services; ultrasonography; acute care; advance laboratory investigations; and teaching of residents	General medical practitioner, Nurse