Sub-acute facility definition

Sub-acute facility means a facility that provides intermediate care on short-term or long-term basis.
Sub-acute facility means a Facility where comprehensive care is given to a patient who has had an Acute Illness, injury or exacerbation of a disease; either immediately after or instead of acute care hospitalisation, to treat specific medical conditions or to administer any necessary medical treatments.
Sub-acute facility means a self-contained and functionally independent nursing facility that treats patients that need hospitalisation but do not and are unlikely to require high technological diagnostic procedures, treatment or surgery in the immediate future;

More Definitions of Sub-acute facility

Sub-acute facility means goal-orientated, comprehensive, co-ordinated and multidisciplinary health facility for an in-patient immediately after or instead of acute hospitalisation for an acute illness, injury or exacerbation of a disease process requiring frequent patient assessment of the clinical course and treatment plan, and the duration of which is a limited period of time determined by the time taken for a condition to stabilise or for completion of a predetermined course;

Related to Sub-acute facility

  • Functionally Dependent Facility means a facility which cannot be used for its intended purpose unless it is located in close proximity to water, limited to a docking or port facility necessary for the loading and unloading of cargo or passengers, shipbuilding, or ship repair. The term does not include long-term storage, manufacture, sales, or service facilities.