Health facility
Health facility is a location where healthcare is provided. Health facilities range from small clinics and doctor's offices to urgent care centers and large hospitals with elaborate emergency rooms and trauma centers. The number and quality of health facilities in a country or region is one common measure of that area's health infrastructure. Countries and regions with well-developed health infrastructure typically have better health outcomes.
Types of Health Facilities[edit | edit source]
There are several types of health facilities:
- Hospitals: These are complex health care institutions providing comprehensive medical services, including surgeries. Hospitals are usually managed by professional administrators and staffed by medically trained personnel.
- Clinics: These are smaller health facilities that provide outpatient services. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded.
- Urgent care centers: These facilities are often used for after-hours care to avoid the cost of emergency room visits.
- Nursing homes: These are residential long-term care facilities that provide comprehensive healthcare services, including nursing care, rehabilitation services, and health-related services to patients who require continuous medical supervision.
- Pharmacy: These are facilities where medicines are sold. Pharmacies may be independent or part of a retail chain.
Health Facility Management[edit | edit source]
Health facility management, also known as healthcare management or health systems management, is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of hospitals, hospital networks, and healthcare systems.
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