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ACUTE CARE MEDICINE
Classic: Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care.
Modern: Acute care is active, short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode related to illness, an urgent medical condition or recovery from surgery.
HOSPITAL: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2008/12/08/the-acute-care-inpatient-hospital/
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Examples: The following are considered acute care facilities:
- Hospital (General Acute Care as well as Psychiatric, Specialized and Rehabilitation Hospitals; and Long Term Acute Care or LTAC)
- Ambulatory Care Facility.
- Home Health Agency.
- End Stage Renal Disease Facility (dialysis center)
- Hospice.
EMERGENT CARE: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2025/05/03/medicine-emergent-care/
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