Inpatient Care
Hospital Services
Inpatient Care
When medical services are performed for a patient who has been admitted for a minimum of 24 hours, it is generally considered inpatient care. Primarily, inpatient services cover any general acute care medical need including:
- Diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, injuries and some chronic conditions or diseases
- Surgical procedures that require post-surgery, medically supervised care of at least 24 hours
- Management of childbirth
- Housing during these treatments and procedures
When an emergency dictates and when, in the physician's opinion, a minimum of 24 hours of medical care is warranted, inpatient care can be authorized by an admitting physician or by an on-call physician who is affiliated with the hospital.
Updated on: 8/27/2020