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A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. German engraving from 1682. A hospital today is an institution for professional health care provided by physicians, nurses and other professionals. Terminology During the Middle Ages the hospital could serve other functions, such as almshouse for the poor, or hostel for pilgrims. The name comes from Latin hospes (host), which is also the root for the English words hotel, hostel, and hospitality. The modern word hotel derives from the Fre ...
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Resources
- 2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey (National Center for Health Statistics) - Links to PDF File
- Accepting Critically Ill Transfer Patients (American College of Physicians)
- American Hospital Association
- Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services (Nemours Foundation)
- FASTATS: Hospital Utilization (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Find a Hospital (American Hospital Association) - information on over 6,000 hospitals in the United States, including driving directions
- Frequently Asked Questions About Care and Services for Seniors (American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging)
- Getting the Most Out of a Visit with Your Doctor (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Going to the Hospital (Nemours Foundation)
- HCUPnet - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- Health Facilities (Medline Plus)
- Helping You Choose Quality Ambulatory Care (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
- Helping You Choose Quality Behavioral Health Care (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
- Helping You Choose the Hospital for You (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
- Helping You Identify Quality Laboratory Services (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
- Hospital Hints (National Institute on Aging)
- Infertility: Clinic Sponsors - Listed Alphabetically by State (Resolve)
- JAMA Patient Page: Intensive Care Units (American Medical Association)
- Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
- Medicare Announces Final Payment Changes for Long -Term Care Hospitals for Rate Year 2005 (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- My Trip to the Hospital Coloring Book (American Society of Anesthesiologists) - Links to PDF File
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001 Outpatient Department Summary (National Center for Health Statistics)
- New Report Shows Current Patterns of Hospitalization in the United States: Hospital Stays Much Shorter Now than 30 Years Ago (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Physician Visits Reach 824 Million in 2000 (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Quality Check (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) - Directory of accredited health care organizations and programs
- Report a Complaint About a Health Care Organization (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
- Selecting a Hospital (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- What Kind of Doctor Is a Hospitalist? (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - Links to PDF File
- What's it Like to Stay in the Hospital? (Nemours Foundation)
- Where Can I Find the Joint Commission Standards? (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
- Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) - Links to PDF File
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