Health Care Providers

Health Care Providers

Types of Health Care providers

• General Hospitals
• Patients are hospitalized for a short time
• Provide a wide range of services
• Diagnostic:
• Medical:
• Surgical:
• Emergency care:
• Specialty Hospitals
• Provide care for specific illnesses
• patients generally stay for long periods of time
• Example: psychiatric hospitals

Types of Health Care providers

• Long Term Care Facilities
• Independent Living and Assisted Living
• Nursing homes (convalescent care)
• Facilities or homes for chronic or long term illness
• Ex: elderly, coma patients, psychiatric patients
• Extended Care Facilities
• Prepare patients to return home to limited or normal activity
• Medical Offices/ Clinics
• Private Practices
• One doctor offering only their services
• Large Complexes or Medical Facilities
• Several doctors and multiple specialties allowing patients to receive care for many different illnesses in the same location
• Dental Offices
• Optical Centers
• Vision exams, glasses/contacts, eye diseases