Occupation or Discipline
subacute care
sub·a·cute care
Subclass of:
patient care
Definitions related to subacute care:
  • Medical and skilled nursing services provided to patients who are not in an acute phase of an illness but who require a level of care higher than that provided in a long-term care setting. (JCAHO, Lexikon, 1994)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (subacute nursing) Comprehensive inpatient nursing care to treat one or more specific active complex medical conditions or to administer one or more technically complex treatments. Subacute care is generally more intensive than traditional nursing care and less intensive than acute care.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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