Level 1. General primary care | • front-line headache services (accessible first contact for most people with headache) • ambulatory care delivered in the community by primary health-care providers (physicians, clinical officers, nurses and/or community health workers) • referring when necessary, and (according to setting) acting as gatekeeper, to: |
Level 2. Special-interest headache care | • ambulatory care delivered by physicians, clinical officers or nurses with a special interest and additional training in headache, in primary or secondary care • referring when necessary to: |
Level 3. Headache specialist centres | • advanced multidisciplinary care delivered by headache specialists in hospital-based centres |