Avoidable Hospital Condition / Admission: From 1 Different Sources
A medical condition for which hospitalization could have been avoided if ambulatory care had been provided in a timely and efficient manner.
An institution the primary function of which is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and nonsurgical. Most hospitals provide some outpatient services, particularly emergency care.... hospital
A facility, which may be attached to an acute hospital, geriatric centre or nursing home, providing non-residential care, such as medical care, nursing care, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, speech therapy and counselling services, usually during the day.... day hospital
The term applied in the UK to the admission of a mentally ill person to a psychiatric unit with his or her agreement. Patients with mental illnesses that may endanger their own safety or that of others can be compulsorily admitted using special legal powers – this is traditionally called ‘sectioning’. (See MENTAL ILLNESS.)... voluntary admission
The initiation of care, usually referring to inpatient care, although the term may be used for day or community care as well.... admission
A disease which has one or more of the following characteristics: is permanent; leaves residual disability; is caused by nonreversible pathological alternation; requires special training of the patient for rehabilitation; or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation or care.... chronic condition / disease
A facility that serves patients who do not need acute care or care in another kind of specialty hospital and whose needs for frequency of monitoring by a medical practitioner and for frequency and duration of nursing care exceed the requirements for care in a comprehensive care or extended care facility.... chronic hospital
A diagnosis (e.g. myocardial infarct) or a patient state that may be associated with more than one diagnosis (such as paraplegia) or that may be as yet undiagnosed (such as low back pain).... clinical condition
Conditions that exist at the same time as the primary condition in the same patient (e.g. hypertension is a co-morbidity of many conditions, such as diabetes, ischemic heart disease, end-stage renal disease, etc.). Two or more conditions may interact in such a way as to prolong a stay in hospital or hinder successful rehabilitation.... co-morbid condition
A condition requiring immediate medical attention.... emergent condition
A hospital providing a variety of services, including medicine and surgery, to meet the general medical needs of the community it serves.... general hospital
A hospital which, not only provides high quality comprehensive medical and nursing services, but also develops a corporate identity that embraces the aims of health promotion; develops a health-promoting organizational structure and culture, including active, participatory roles for patients and all members of staff; develops itself into a health-promoting physical environment; and actively cooperates with its community.... health-promoting hospital
Schemes providing nursing care, personal care or practical help for older people who have returned home after a stay in hospital.... home-from-hospital / hospital after-care schemes
A scheme which ensures a smooth transition from hospital to home.... hospital discharge scheme
Home-based specialist medical care used to shorten hospital stays or prevent hospital admission.... hospital-at-home scheme
A review of the medical necessity and appropriateness of a person’s admission to a hospital or other health care organization, conducted before, at or shortly after admission and to authorise a length of stay consistent with norms for the evaluation.... pre-admission certification
A term normally used for a condition developed prior to applying for a health insurance policy. Some policies exclude coverage of such conditions for a period of time or indefinitely.... pre-existing condition
A hospital that specializes in providing restorative services to rehabilitate chronically ill and/or disabled individuals to a maximum level of functioning.... rehabilitation hospital
A hospital that admits only certain types of patients or those with specified illnesses or conditions. Examples include psychiatric hospitals and rehabilitation hospitals for the older population.... specialty hospital
A hospital that provides education for students in the health professions.... teaching hospital
A condition requiring medical attention within a few hours; a longer delay presents possible danger to the individual; and the disorder is acute but not necessarily severe.... urgent condition
See HOSPITAL.... virtual hospital
the number of people from a specified population with a specified disease or condition admitted to hospitals in a given geographical area over a specified time period.... admission rate
see hospital.... community hospital
(involuntary admission) (in Britain) the entry and detention of a person within an institution without his or her consent, either because of mental illness (see Mental Health Act) or severe social deprivation and self-neglect (see section 47 removal). Compare voluntary admission.... compulsory admission
(HES) (in England) a database containing data on all admissions to NHS hospitals and admissions of NHS patients treated elsewhere. See record linkage.... hospital episode statistics
see case fatality rate.... hospital fatality rate
see nosocomial infection.... hospital infection
a social worker employed to assist hospital patients with social problems that may arise through illness. See also social services.... hospital social worker
in the USA, a hospital that is owned or operated by a religious organization or community association to provide health-care facilities on a non-profit basis. In recent decades the role of voluntary hospitals has changed from one of caring primarily for *charity patients to one of serving all members of a community. At the same time, the practice of charging higher fees to patients able to afford them in order to compensate for the expense of caring for charity patients has generally been eliminated.... voluntary hospital
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