Health Facility Type

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The functional category of a health facility, such as hospital, health center, health post, dispensary, clinic, pharmacy, or laboratory. Codes follow the WHO Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) taxonomy, harmonized with the Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA).

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Standard reference

WHO Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) Reference Manual v2.2 (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-HIS-HSI-2014.5-Rev.1)

SARA provides the canonical categorization of health facility types used in national health facility assessments. The Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) 2022 consolidates and extends SARA and the Service Delivery Indicators (SDI); its facility-type list maps cleanly onto SARA categories.

Values

Code Label Standard code Definition
hospital Hospital Facility providing inpatient care, surgical services, and a range of specialized services; typically includes emergency care and diagnostic imaging.
health_center Health center Facility offering a range of primary care services, often with limited inpatient capacity for maternity or short-stay observation.
health_post Health post Small primary-care facility, typically the first point of access at community level and often staffed by nurses or community health workers.
dispensary Dispensary Outpatient-only facility providing basic curative care and dispensing medicines, without inpatient beds.
clinic Clinic Outpatient specialized clinic focused on a specific service area (maternity, maternal and child health, sexually transmitted infections, eye, dental, etc.).
pharmacy Pharmacy Licensed retail or public pharmacy dispensing prescription and over-the-counter medicines.
laboratory Laboratory Standalone diagnostic laboratory providing clinical, microbiological, or public-health testing services.
mobile_clinic Mobile clinic Mobile or outreach facility without a fixed physical structure, bringing clinical services to communities on a scheduled or emergency basis.
other Other A health facility type not covered by the other categories.

Referenced by this vocabulary

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