The aspect of inpatient care dealing with illnesses or conditions requiring specialized techniques, such as coronary artery bypass surgery, renal hemodialysis, and treatment of severe burns.
the third and highly specialised stage of treatment, usually provided in a hospital centre which may not be local. See also primary care and secondary care.
Highly specialized care given to patients who are in danger of disability or death often requiring sophisticated technologies (e.g., neurosurgeons or intensive care units).
Services provided by highly specialized providers (e.g. neurologists, neurosurgeons, thoracic surgeons, and intensive care units). Such services frequently require highly sophisticated equipment and facilities. The development of these services has largely been a function of diagnostic and therapeutic advances attained through basic and clinical biomedical research.
Tertiary care is administered at a highly specialized medical center. It is associated with the utilization of high-cost technology resources.
When a hospital consultant decides that more specialist care is needed. Mental Health Services are included in this. (see also Secondary care).
The most specialized, complex and costly level of medical care involving severely ill patients. Tertiary care is frequently provided in a facility specializing in such care.
Very specialised care often only provided in a small number of locations.
Care provided by specialist hospitals or departments (e.g. cancer centres) for patients referred from district hospitals.
Services provided by highly specialized providers such as neurosurgeons, thoracic surgeons and intensive care unites. These services often require highly sophisticated technology and facilities.
The most intense (and usually expensive) level of health care, involving highly specialized providers such as neurosurgeons, and high-tech facilities such as Intensive Care Units. Sometimes called "Subspecialty Care."
health care services provided by specialized providers, such as neurosurgeons, thoracic surgeons and intensive care units. These services often require highly sophisticated technologies and facilities.
Specialist health care typically provided in regional centres
Services provided by such providers as thoracic surgeons, intensive care units, neurosurgeons, etc.
In medicine, tertiary healthcare is specialized consultative care, usually on referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel, by specialists working in a center that has personnel and facilities for special investigation and treatment.