The answer is quite simple. A healthcare system is system where care for health is provided.
In Malaysia, healthcare systems are categorized into 3 category, as follows:
- Primary healthcare systems.
- Secondary healthcare systems.
- Tertiary healthcare systems.
Primary healthcare systems are made up of general practitioners, known as residents or doctors. They form a small to medium sized groups in solving common health cases including sore throat, fever, flu, common cold, diabetes, hypertension and etc. To solve these cases, main ambulatory care is provided. Ambulatory care is defined as personal healthcare consultation and intervention consisting of medical technologies delivered on an outpatient basis, where patients come to specified hospitals, meet the doctors and fetch their medicines and go home. Besides that, primary healthcare systems also play a major role in preventive measures, such as doing medical tests and administering vaccines.
On the other hand, secondary healthcare systems deal with more specific disorders such as acute renal failure. These disorders require the presence of one or more physicians specializing in internal medicines, pediatrics, gynecology or neurology. These physicians act as consultants. Patients being treated under this category usually passed the primary healthcare first (outpatient referrals), and when the underlying specific causes are determined, patients are rerouted back to the primary healthcare system for further interventions. The secondary healthcare system usually consists of hospital based clinics which provide care for hospitalized patients as well.
In the tertiary healthcare systems, specialists are involved. Example of specialists include pediatricians, gynecologists, cardiac surgeons, psychiatrists and hematologists. These systems are focused towards solving rare and complex cases, such as pituitary tumors and congenital malfunctions.
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