General Hospitals - Answers-Provides many different types of services to meet the general needs of its population.
Specialty Hospitals - Answers-Provide services for a specific disease or target population. Some examples are psychiatric, children's, women's, cardiac, cancer, rehabilitation, and ...
INPATIENT & OUTPATIENT SERVICES
Inpatient Services - Answers-Services that involve an overnight stay (greater than 24
hours) of a patient.
Almshouses - Answers-(or poorhouses) developed in the 1820s to primarily serve the
poor.
Pesthouses - Answers-Operated by local governments, were used to quarantine people
who had contagious diseases such as cholera.
Hospitalists - Answers-Providers that focus specifically on the care of patients when
they are hospitalized. This new type of provider recognized the need of providing quality
hospital care.
Three major types of hospitals by ownership - Answers-public, voluntary or community,
and proprietary
Public Hospitals - Answers-Oldest type of hospital and are owned by the federal, state,
or local government.
Federal Hospitals - Answers-Generally do not serve the general public but operate for
federal beneficiaries such as military personnel, veterans, and Native Americans.
Voluntary Hospitals - Answers-Not government owned, private, and not-for-profit. Their
financial support is the result of community organizational efforts. Their focus is their
community. Private, not-for-profit hospitals are the largest group of hospitals.
Proprietary Hospitals - Answers-Investor-owned hospitals are for-profit institutions and
are owned by corporations, individuals, or partnerships. Primary goal is to generate a
profit
General Hospitals - Answers-Provides many different types of services to meet the
general needs of its population.
Specialty Hospitals - Answers-Provide services for a specific disease or target
population. Some examples are psychiatric, children's, women's, cardiac, cancer,
rehabilitation, and orthopedic hospitals.
Acute Care - Answers-Short-stay-focuses on patients who stay on an average of less
than 30 days. Community hospitals for example
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