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  2. Acute care - Wikipedia

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    Acute care may require a stay in a hospital emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, urgent care centre or other short-term stay facility, along with the assistance of diagnostic services, surgery, or follow-up outpatient care in the community. [2] Hospital-based acute inpatient care typically has the goal of discharging patients as ...

  3. List of hospitals in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    According to 2016 statistics, Pakistan has more than 1200 public hospitals and 700 private hospitals. [1] Besides these hospitals, there are also small Medical Clinics plus Maternity & Child Health Centers in different areas of Pakistan. [2] The fees of public hospitals are marginal and affordable for all. However, private hospitals are expensive.

  4. Long-term acute care facility - Wikipedia

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    A long-term acute care hospital (LTACH), also known as a long-term care hospital (LTCH), is a hospital specializing in treating patients requiring extended hospitalization. Hospitals specializing in long-term care have existed for decades in the form of sanatoriums for patients with tuberculosis and other chronic diseases.

  5. Healthcare in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The allocated mental health budget is 0.4% of total health care expenditures. [45] Estimated mental health spending per capita is (US$) $0.01. [42] There are only 5 mental hospitals in Pakistan. [42] Number of Mental health outpatient facility 4,356 and number of mental health day-treatment facility is 14. [42]

  6. Hospital network - Wikipedia

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    The largest hospital networks headquartered in the United States are included in the table below. The name, headquarters location, number of hospitals, funding type and founding year are given for each network. [38] There were 6,146 hospitals in the United States in 2020, of which 2,240 were managed by the largest 45 hospital networks. [39] [40]

  7. Hospital - Wikipedia

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    The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, also known as an acute-care hospital. These facilities handle many kinds of disease and injury, and normally have an emergency department (sometimes known as "accident & emergency") or trauma center to deal with immediate and urgent threats to health. Larger cities may have several ...

  8. Intensive care unit - Wikipedia

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    Intensive care unit ICU patients often require mechanical ventilation if they have lost the ability to breathe normally.. An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive care medicine.

  9. Rehabilitation hospital - Wikipedia

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    Rehabilitation hospitals were created to meet a perceived need for facilities which were less costly on a per diem basis than general hospitals but which provided a higher level of professional therapies such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy than can be obtained in a "skilled nursing care" facility.