Tertiary hospitals must provide general care

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 02 Feb 2015 English Publisher:CMA Joule Inc.Journal:Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 187, pages 235-235 (issn: 0820-3946, eissn: 1488-2329,

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Authors: Ken, Flegel;

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.150056

pmid: 25646280

pmc: PMC4347764

Tertiary hospitals must provide general care

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Abstract

The term “tertiary” may be a useful way to categorize a university hospital or specialist centre, but when the term is used to describe the care given to a patient, it is a vacuous construct. When hospital administrators define some patients or medical conditions as outside the remit of tertiary

Keywords

Tertiary Care Centers, Canada, Tertiary Health Care, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Humans, Health Services Accessibility, Quality of Health Care

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