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What types of medical institutions are there in the communities?
General and specialized hospitals. Specialty hospitals also include rehabilitation and psychiatric ones.
Are there any differences between general and specialized hospitals? Name such hospitals.
The most familiar is the general, or community, hospital, where patients of all ages with all kinds of illness and medical conditions are treated. These hospitals provide a variety of services, including general and specialized medicine (therapy, cardiology, gastroenterology, urology and other) Other hospitals provide more specialized care. Some treat patients with chronic illness, such as tuberculosis, requiring long-term care, or patients of one age group, like children.
Have hospitals changed since the ancient times? Speak on ancient and modern hospitals.
Yes, In ancient Greece and Rome, for example, temples were often hospitals. During the Middle Ages in Europe, hospitals were used as places of filth and death for the incurables and outcastes of society. This began to change in the nineteenth century with advances in medical science. Today's hospitals are complex institutions providing sophisticated medical care.
What are the types of hospitals according to the means of their financial support?
Most hospitals in the world are operated and financed by the government of their country. Other hospitals are private, non-profit institutions, known as voluntary hospitals
What is the primary mission of non-profit, voluntary hospitals?
The primary mission of such hospitals is to benefit the community in which they are located.
Proprietary or investor-owned hospitals are run to make a profit.
Who are frequent users of outpatient services?
Some frequent users of outpatient services are persons who need follow-up treatment after a hospital stay, patients undergoing physical or occupational therapy, and psychiatric day-care patients.
Why are emergency units in hospitals becoming more important as all-purpose treatment centers?
There are good reasons for this trend. Emergency rooms usually operate on a twenty-four-hour basis. Moreover, they are equipped with the most sophisticated facilities, available today.
Who plays a central role in the delivery of health services?
In the delivery of health services, physicians play a central role by evaluating patient's health condition, diagnosing abnormalities and prescribing treatment.
Is there any difference between primary care physicians and non-primary ones?
Physicians trained in family medicine/general practice or general internal medicine are called generalists or primary care physicians (PCPs), while those dealing with non-primary care are called specialists.
Who works at the hospital except physicians, specialists and subspecialists? Give your reasons.
Primary care physicians. The common medical specialities include anaesthesiologists, cardiologists, family medicine doctors, neurologists, obstetricians and gynaecologists, ophthalmologists (eye doctors), pathologists, paediatricians, radiologists and others.