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Emergency Medicine
Primary
A specialist who treats decompression illness and diving accident cases and uses hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat such conditions as carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, non-healing wounds, tissue damage from radiation and burns,...
taxonomy 207PE0005X
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Assisted Living Facility
A facility providing supportive services to individuals who can function independently in most areas of activity, but need assistance and/or monitoring to assure safety and well being.
taxonomy 310400000X
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Chronic Disease Hospital
(1) A hospital including a physical plant and personnel that provides multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment for diseases that have one or more of the following characteristics: is permanent; leaves residual disability; is caused by...
taxonomy 281P00000X
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Clinic/Center
A facility or distinct part of one used for the diagnosis and treatment of outpatients. "Clinic/Center" is irregularly defined, sometimes being limited to organizations serving specialized treatment requirements or distinct...
taxonomy 261Q00000X
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Custodial Care Facility
A facility providing care that serves to assist an individual in the activities of daily living, such as assistance in walking, getting in and out of bed, bathing, dressing, feeding, and using the toilet, preparation of special diets,...
taxonomy 311Z00000X
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General Acute Care Hospital
Definition to come.
taxonomy 282NC0060X
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Home Health
A public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, that is primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services and other therapeutic services, such as physical therapy, speech-language...
taxonomy 251E00000X
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Hospice Care, Community Based
Definition to come...
taxonomy 251G00000X
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Hospice, Inpatient
A provider organization, or distinct part of the organization, which renders an interdisciplinary program providing palliative care, chiefly medical relief of pain and supporting services, which addresses the emotional, social,...
taxonomy 315D00000X
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In Home Supportive Care
An In Home Supportive Care Agency provides services in the patient's home with the goal of enabling the patient to remain at home. The services provided may include personal care services such as hands-on assistance with activities of...
taxonomy 253Z00000X
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Long Term Care Hospital
Long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) furnish extended medical and rehabilitative care to individuals who are clinically complex and have multiple acute or chronic conditions.
taxonomy 282E00000X
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Nursing Facility/Intermediate Care Facility
An institution (or a distinct part of an institution) which- (1) is primarily engaged in providing to residents- (A) skilled nursing care and related services for residents who require medical or nursing care, (B) rehabilitation...
taxonomy 313M00000X
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Rehabilitation Hospital
A hospital or facility that provides health-related, social and/or vocational services to disabled persons to help them attain their maximum functional capacity.
taxonomy 283X00000X
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Skilled Nursing Facility
(1) A skilled nursing facility is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness...
taxonomy 314000000X
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Special Hospital
A designation by the AHA of a hospital whose primary function of the institution is to provide diagnostic and treatment services for patients who have specified medical conditions, both surgical and nonsurgical.
taxonomy 284300000X