Sunday, October 23, 2011

Tertiary care


Tertiary care is specialized consultative health care, usually for inpatients and on referral from a primary or secondary health professional, in a facility that has personnel and facilities for advancedmedical investigation and treatment, such as a tertiary referral hospital.
Examples of tertiary care services are cancer management, neurosurgerycardiac surgeryplastic surgery, treatment for severe burns, advanced neonatology services, palliative, and other complex medical and surgical interventions.

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