A hospital is the largest and most complex form of medical facility. It deals with patients who need complex diagnostic procedures. Treatment in a hospital is a team effort. The doctor are directly responsible for a patient’s welfare. All of the hospital personnel support the work of the doctor.
A hospital has many departments in it. They are medical and surgical service, food service, laboratory, scanning, and X-ray department, medical record department, pharmacy, and rehabilitation department.
There are many kinds of hospitals. Acute care hospitals include primary, secondary, and tertiary institution. The low technology primary hospitals are located in rural areas. The secondary hospitals provide a greater range of doctor skills and modern technology then the primary hospitals. Meanwhile, the tertiary hospitals provide the latest medical equipment.
Other types of hospitals are specialty hospitals. The admit only those patients who fit a restricted group of diagnoses. Psychiatric hospitals are the most numerous specialty hospitals. They have the largest patient population.
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