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Health care facilities |
| Synonyms |
Health Facilities |
| Definitions |
<p>Health facilities are places that provide health care. They include hospitals, clinics, outpatient care centers, and specialized care centers, such as birthing centers and psychiatric care centers.</p> <p>When you choose a health facility, you might want to consider:</p><ul> <li>How close it is to where you live or work</li> <li>Whether your health insurance will pay for services there</li> <li>Whether your health care provider can treat you there</li> <li>The quality of the facility</li> </ul> <p>Quality is important. Some facilities do a better job than others. One way to learn about the quality of a facility is to look at report cards developed by federal, state, and consumer groups.</p> |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0018704 |
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Health Facilities |
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C0018704 |
| Date created |
12/29/1999 |
| definition |
Health facilities are places that provide health care. They include hospitals, clinics, outpatient care centers, and specialized care centers, such as birthing centers and psychiatric care centers. When you choose a health facility, you might want to consider:
Quality is important. Some facilities do a better job than others. One way to learn about the quality of a facility is to look at report cards developed by federal, state, and consumer groups. |
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| MP OTHER LANGUAGE URL |
Spanish https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/healthfacilities.html |
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C0018704 |
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Health care facilities |
| Related to |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C1113679 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C1456650 |
| Scope Statement |
Health facilities are places that provide health care such as hospitals, clinics, outpatient care centers, and specialized care centers. Learn more.https://medlineplus.gov/healthfacilities.html |
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T093 T073 |
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