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Nursing Care 1st Lecture Health Care in Slovakia
Nursing Care 1st Lecture Health Care in Slovakia
Hospital types
Hospitals are classified into 3 types according to their size and facilities. The amount of government
funding is determined this way.
• Type 1 – Hospitals with polyclinics
50,000 inhabitants
Facilities include departments of Surgery, internal, pediatric medicine
• Type 2 – Hospitals with polyclinics
150,000 inhabitants
Has more departments and equipment such as a CT scanner, angiogram
• Type 3 – Faculty hospitals
500,000 inhabitants
Plastic surgery, burn victim unit, neurosurgery...
Faculty hospitals where originally intended for the university hospitals but are now being divided
between universities and nursing schools.