Public Health Assignment: Hospital Types, Patient Care, and History

This report delves into the realm of public health, focusing on the historical development and categorization of hospitals. Beginning with the ancient roots in military hospitals, the report traces the evolution through the medieval period and into modern times. It identifies and describes various types of hospitals, including general hospitals, specialty hospitals, children's hospitals, dental hospitals, clinics, and district hospitals, highlighting the specific patient populations and services each provides. Furthermore, the report distinguishes between profit and non-profit hospitals, providing a comprehensive overview of the healthcare landscape. The report makes references to the provided sources to support the information.

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History of hospital
The foundation of the concept of hospital started 2500 year back in the form of
military hospital in the ancient Rome. The existence of civilian hospital occurred after the
Christian period. The first Christian hospital was founded in the Basil of Caesarea. Following
these there occurred several modifications and development in the concept of hospital during
the medieval European ear. The United States National Library of Medicine credits hospital
as the product of the medieval Islamic civilization (Hussain & Babalghith, 2014).
Six types of hospitals
During medieval period, a typical hospital was divided into departments like
systematic diseases, orthopedics and surgery. At present, there are different types of
hospitals:
1. General hospital: Here the patients with short-term need are treated like illness, diseases,
injuries, and surgeries, obstetric and postnatal care.
2. Specialty hospital: here specialized treatment is given like treatment for cute diseases or
long-term care for patients
3. Children’s hospitals: Specialized for pediatric surgery and other disease common among
the infants or child
4. Dental hospitals: Here the dental or the oral care of the patients is taken into consideration
5. Clinics: These are smaller than the general hospitals and they take care of the outpatient-
department. These clinics are not equipped to keep the patients’ over-night for treatment or
observation

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6. District hospital: They have less specialized or equipped in comparison to the speciality
hospital
(Chapman, Kern & Laguecir, 2014)
Patients and service type in each hospital
In general hospital, all types of patients are being admitted and the main
complications addressed are like cardiovascular disease, ling disease, skin infection,
infectious disease and are gynecological complications. However, patient with complex
condition like cancer patients, women requiring cesarean section, bone replacement, organ
transplant, take place in the specialty hospital. The children hospital mainly takes care of the
pediatric complication of a child who is below 15 years of age. The dental hospitals take care
of the dental alignment or other anomalies. In district hospitals, the main patients are from the
rural areas that are unable to pay a visit to specialized hospital. The clinics mostly handle the
outpatient department (Chapman, Kern & Laguecir, 2014.
Profit and non-profit hospital
The government aided or subsidized hospitals are non-profit hospital and the privately
run hospitals are regarded as profit-based hospital (Chapman, Kern & Laguecir, 2014).

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References
Chapman, C., Kern, A., & Laguecir, A. (2014). Costing practices in healthcare. Accounting
Horizons, 28(2), 353-364.
Hussain, M. K., & Babalghith, A. O. (2014). Quality of hospital design in healthcare
industry: history, benefits and future prospect. Impact: Int J Res Appl Nat Soc
Sci, 2(5), 61-68.