Organization
health care facility
Also called:
Health care facilities
Definitions related to health care facility:
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(health facilities) Health facilities are places that provide health care. They include hospitals, clinics, outpatient care centers, and specialized care centers, such as birthing centers and psychiatric care centers. When you choose a health facility, you might want to consider How close it is to where you live or work; Whether your health insurance will pay for services there; Whether your health care provider can treat you there; The quality of the facility. Quality is important. Some facilities do a better job than others. One way to learn about the quality of a facility is to look at report cards developed by federal, state, and consumer groups.MedlinePlusU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(healthcarefacility) An organization that devotes some or all of its resources (people, places, things) to the delivery of healthcare services (including the financial and administrative management of those resources). Example(s): Northwestern Memorial HospitalBRIDG Model DictionaryBiomedical Research Integrated Domain Group, 2019
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(healthcare facility) The buildings and organizations where healthcare services are provided.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Institutions which provide medical or health-related services.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(institution (medical)) Any public or private entity or agency or medical or dental facility where clinical trials are conducted.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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