1. Chapter 3
Health Care Settings

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Acute Care Facilities
• Single hospitals
• Multi-hospital systems
• Ancillary services
– Diagnostic
– Therapeutic
• Acute care/short-term care
• Long-term care

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Hospital Bed Count or Bed Size
Total number of inpatient beds for which the
facility is licensed by the state

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Hospital Categories
• Critical access hospitals (CAH)
• General hospitals
• Specialty hospitals
• Rehabilitation hospitals
• Behavioral health care hospitals

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Hospitalists
Physicians who spend most of their time in a
hospital setting admitting patients to inpatient
services from local primary care providers

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Hospital Patients
• Ambulatory patients (outpatients)
• Ambulatory surgery patients (day surgery)
• Emergency care patients
• Inpatients
• Newborn patients
• Observation patients
• Subacute care patients

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Ambulatory & Outpatient Care
• Ambulatory surgical center (freestanding)
• Hospital-based outpatient department
• Hospital-based emergency department
• Hospital-based ambulatory surgery program
• Hospital-based partial hospitalization
program
• Public health department
• Satellite clinic

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Ambulatory & Outpatient Care
(Continued)
• Urgent care center
• Hospital-based physician practice
• Hospital-owned satellite clinic
• Industrial health clinic
• Neighborhood health clinic
• Physician office

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Alternate Care Facilities
• Behavioral health care facility
• Home care and hospice
• Long-term care facility

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Behavioral Health Care Settings
• Chemical dependency program
• Crisis service
• Day treatment program
• Developmentally disabled/mentally
retarded facilities
• Emergency care facilities
• Family support services
• Home health care

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Behavioral Health Care Settings
(Continued)
• Hospital treatment
• Intensive case management
• Outpatient clinic
• Partial hospitalization program
• Residential treatment facility
• Respite care
• Therapeutic group home

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• Primary goal is to provide palliative care rather
than curative care
• Most hospice care is provided in a patient’s
home
Hospice Care

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Long-Term Care
• Includes a range of nursing, social, and rehabilitative
services for people who need on-going assistance
• Types include
– Adult day care
– Assisted living facilities
– Continuing care retirement communities
– Intermediate care facilities
– Long-term hospitals
– Residential care facilities
– Skilled nursing facilities

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Federal, State, & Local Health Care
• Correctional facilities
• Military Health System (MHS)
• Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
• U.S. Public Health Service (PHS)

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Regions of Military Health System
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