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From Western Medicine to Global Medicine: The Hospital Beyond the West (2008) Horden, Peregrine. Hospitals and Healing From Antiquity to the Later Middle Ages (2008) McGrew, Roderick E. Encyclopedia of Medical History (1985) Morelon, Régis; Rashed, Roshdi (1996), Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science, vol. 3, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415 ...
A hospital is an institution for healthcare typically providing specialized treatment for inpatient (or overnight) stays. Some hospitals primarily admit patients with a specific disease or affliction, or are reserved for the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting a specific age group.
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, United Kingdom is a specialist neurological hospital. Tertiary care is specialized consultative health care, usually for inpatients and on referral from a primary or secondary health professional, in a facility that has personnel and facilities for advanced medical investigation and ...
In a 2008 survey, it was found that 37% of hospitals in the US offer at least one form of CAM treatment, the main reason being patient demand (84% of hospitals). [121] Costs for CAM treatments average $33.9 (equivalent to $49.81 in 2023 [ 31 ] ) with two-thirds being out-of-pocket, according to a 2007 statistical analysis. [ 122 ]
The kinds of health data processed may include patients' medical records, hospital administration and clinical functions, and human resources information. [19] The use of health information lies at the root of evidence-based policy and evidence-based management in health care. Increasingly, information and communication technologies are being ...
Medicare determines your DRG based on your main diagnosis and up to 25 other related diagnoses, and the hospital then charges Medicare based on this classification. You’re placed in a tier with ...
The voluntary hospital movement began in the early 18th century, with hospitals being founded in London by the 1710s and 20s, including Westminster Hospital (1719) promoted by the private bank C. Hoare & Co and Guy's Hospital (1724) funded from the bequest of the wealthy merchant, Thomas Guy. Other hospitals sprang up in London and other ...
Gaza’s Shifa Hospital has become the focus of a dayslong stalemate in Israel’s war against the Hamas militant group. Shifa is Gaza’s largest and best-equipped hospital.