Regional hospital

A regional hospital is a hospital that serves a larger area than a local hospital. Regional hospitals sometimes serve specific needs that cannot be adequately met by a local or rural hospital,[1] such as treating ebola[2] or obstetric fistula,[3] or providing elective orthopedic surgery.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Rethinking Rural Hospitals With Lessons From The Battlefield". Forbes. 22 January 2015. What if rural facilities were used for the kind of routine care and simple procedures that generalist physicians and nurses can safely provide while designating regional hospitals for more complex, specialty care?
  2. ↑ "Experts: Regional hospitals can best treat Ebola". USA Today. 16 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Regional Hospitals". Hamlin Fistula USA.
  4. ↑ "Surgical Edge Goes to Regional Hospitals". UPI. 21 February 2011.


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