Acute care hospital

From WikiMD's Wellness Encyclopedia

An acute care hospital is a hospital or healthcare facility that provides emergency services.

Error creating thumbnail:
The Teck Acute Care Centre at BC Children's Hospital

Services[edit | edit source]

Generally, acute care hospitals provide inpatient medical care and other related services for surgery, acute medical conditions or injuries (usually for a short term illness or condition).

This article is a stub.

You can help WikiMD by registering to expand it.
Editing is available only to registered and verified users.
WikiMD is a comprehensive, free health & wellness encyclopedia.


Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD