HLST 1010 Lecture 6: HLST_1010healthfacilities.doc
13 Jan 2015
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Outpatient or ambulatory care-describes medical care received by the patient that does not require or involve overnight stay in a facility such as a hospital; may be privately owned or part of a hospital. Acute care-usually provided within an acute care hospital; describes provided to patients who have an illness or injury that is severe enough to require them to stay as an inpatient overnight form one or more days. Larger, urban (teaching) hospitals are usually have emergency department and critical care units and are affiliated with a university. May also be provided in a community hospital which is smaller than teaching. Hospitals and less acute and intensive care services provided. Long-term care-care provided outside of a hospital, usually in a nursing home or residential care facility. Services provided to patients who need inpatient services but at a less intense level than that provided at an acute care facility; length of stay is usually 30 days or more.
