tertiary care

noun

Definitions

  1. Health care treatment requiring very specialized expertise and advanced equipment and…

    Health care treatment requiring very specialized expertise and advanced equipment and usually delivered within a medical facility.

    • Milwaukee Children's Hospital would be incorporated in a 75-bed unit at the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center, dealing with so-called tertiary care patients, those requiring the most advanced level of medicine.
    • This 150-bed hospital would become the only hospital in the New York City area specializing entirely in providing tertiary care—the highest level of care—for seriously ill children.
    • The part that gets the most recognition is the relatively small tertiary care segment with advanced technology and highly specialized medical personnel.

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