Types Hospital

1 types

1.1 general
1.2 district
1.3 specialized
1.4 teaching
1.5 clinics

types

lehigh valley hospital in allentown, pennsylvania

some patients go hospital diagnosis, treatment, or therapy , leave ( outpatients ) without staying overnight; while others admitted , stay overnight or several days or weeks or months ( inpatients ). hospitals distinguished other types of medical facilities ability admit , care inpatients whilst others, smaller, described clinics.

general

the best-known type of hospital general hospital, set deal many kinds of disease , injury, , has emergency department (sometimes known accident & emergency ) deal immediate , urgent threats health. larger cities may have several hospitals of varying sizes , facilities. hospitals, in united states , canada, have own ambulance service.

district

a district hospital typically major health care facility in region, large numbers of beds intensive care & critical care , long-term care.

in california, district hospital refers class of healthcare facility created shortly after world war ii address shortage of hospital beds in many local communities. today, district hospitals sole public hospitals in 19 of california s counties, , sole locally-accessible hospital within 9 additional counties in 1 or more other hospitals present @ substantial distance local community. twenty-eight of california s rural hospitals , 20 of critical-access hospitals district hospitals. formed local municipalities, have boards individually elected local communities, , exist serve local needs. particularly important provider of healthcare uninsured patients , patients medi-cal (which california s medicaid program, serving low-income persons, senior citizens, persons disabilities, children in foster care, , pregnant women). in 2012, district hospitals provided $54 million in uncompensated care in california.

specialized

mcmaster university medical centre, teaching hospital in canada

types of specialised hospitals include trauma centres, rehabilitation hospitals, children s hospitals, seniors (geriatric) hospitals, , hospitals dealing specific medical needs such psychiatric problems (see psychiatric hospital), disease categories such cardiac, oncology, or orthopedic problems, , forth. in germany specialised hospitals called fachkrankenhaus; example fachkrankenhaus coswig (thoracic surgery).

a hospital may single building or number of buildings on campus. many hospitals pre-twentieth-century origins began 1 building , evolved campuses. hospitals affiliated universities medical research , training of medical personnel such physicians , nurses, called teaching hospitals. worldwide, hospitals run on nonprofit basis governments or charities. there few exceptions, e.g. china, government funding constitutes 10% of income of hospitals. (need citation here. chinese sources seem conflicted for-profit/non-profit ratio of hospitals in china)

specialised hospitals can reduce health care costs compared general hospitals. example, narayana health s bangalore cardiac unit, specialised in cardiac surgery, allows greater number of patients. has 3000 beds (more 20 times average american hospital) , in pediatric heart surgery alone, performs 3000 heart operations annually, making far largest such facility in world. surgeons paid on fixed salary instead of per operation, costs hospital drops when number of procedures increases, taking advantage of economies of scale. additionally, argued costs go down specialists become efficient working on 1 production line procedure.

teaching

a teaching hospital combines assistance people teaching medical students , nurses , linked medical school, nursing school or university. in countries uk exists clinical attachment system defined period of time when doctor attached named supervisor in clinical unit, broad aims of observing clinical practice in uk , role of doctors , other healthcare professionals in national health service (nhs).

clinics

the medical facility smaller hospital called clinic, , run government agency health services or private partnership of physicians (in nations private practise allowed). clinics provide outpatient services.