A facility equipped to deal with a variety of illnesses and injuries vary considerably in the types and quality of care provided and the types and quality of staffing. In addition, there are publically operated, privately operated, and a combination of financial arrangements. Costs for services provided also have a various range. Essentially room and board, with medical, nursing, custodial, dietary, laboratory, and other services, nursing home; day hospital; night hospital.
LA treatment center providing night care for alcoholics or other addicts. The persons using these facilities have a place to go during the day, such as a job, but need care during the night.
An institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient services, diagnostic and therapeutic, for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and nonsurgical. In addition, most hospitals provide some outpatient services, particularly emergency care. Hospitals are classified by length of stay (short-term or long-term); as teaching or nonteaching; by major type of service (psychiatric, tuberculosis, general and other specialties, such as maternity, children’s or ear, nose and throat) ; and by control (government, Federal, State or local, for-profit (or proprietary), and non-profit). The hospital system is dominated by the short-term, general, nonprofit community hospital, often called a voluntary hospital.
A place where sick or injured people are looked after.
An institution providing treatment for sick and injured persons. This may be done on an inpatient or outpatient basis. A hospital provides investigative and therapeutic services which are not available on a domiciliary basis.