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| ACUTE CARE OR GENERAL HOSPITALS |
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| provide services to diagnose (laboratory, diagnostic imaging) and treat (surgery, medications, therapy) diseases for a short period of time; in addition , they usually provide emergency and obstetrical care |
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| provide care for very specific types of diseases/ for example, a psychiatric hospital |
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| NURSING HOMES OR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES |
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Definition
| provide long-term care for patients who need extra time to recover from an illness or injury before returning home, or for persons who can no longer care for themselves |
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| AMBULATORY CARE, SURGICAL CENTERS, OR OUTPATIENT CLINICS |
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Definition
| provide services that do not require overnight hospitalization/ the services range from simple surgeries to diagnostic testing or therapy |
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| provide diagnostic and treatment services in a private office setting |
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| HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION (HMO) |
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| provides a wide range of services by a group of primary-care physicians, specialists, and other healthcare profesionals n a prepid systm |
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| provides nursing, therapy, personal care, or housekeeping services in the patient's own home |
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| provide intensive physical and occupational therapy; they include inpatient and outpatient treatment |
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| provides supportive treatment to terminally ill patients and their families |
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