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Table 2 Ownership structure and level of care of eye care facilities

From: Health systems analysis of eye care services in Zambia: evaluating progress towards VISION 2020 goals

  

Level

  

Ownership

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

Total

Government (with NGO support)

2 (2)

28 (15)

2 (2)

32 (19)

NGO

4

11

1

16

Private for-profit

19

6

1

26

TOTAL

25

45

4

74

  1. Primary: Diagnostic, refractive and referral services. Optical shops in the private sector.
  2. Secondary: Basic surgical procedures, including cataract, trichiasis and glaucoma.
  3. Tertiary: Advanced surgical procedures, including vitreo-retinal surgery and laser photo-coagulation.
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