HOSPITALS

INTRODUCTION

 Hospitals are institutions ,which are mainly designed for care

for the sick ,injured and well.
 DEFINITION

 Hospital is an integral part of a social and medical

organization ,the functions of which is to provide for the
population complete health care both curative and preventive ,
and whose outpatients services reach out to the family and its
home environment . The hospital is also a centre for the
training of health worker and for bio social researches.
 FUNCTIONS OF THE HOSPITAL

 Patient care 
 Diagnosis and treatment of disease 
 Out patient services 
 Medical education and training 
 Medical and nursing research

 Prevention of disease and promotion of health.
 CLASSIFICATION OF HOSPITALS:-

• Length of stay of patient

• Clinical basis
• Ownership/ control basis
• Objectives
• Size
• Management
• Systems
 Length of stay of patient
• Short term - acute illness, such as pneumonia, peptic ulcer, and
gastroenteritis, etc. 
• long- term - chronic illness, such as tuberculosis, leprosy,
cancer.
 Clinical basis
• These are hospital licensed as general hospital; treat all kinds of
disease, but major focus on treating speed disease or condition
such as heart disease, or cancer
 Ownership/ control basis

1. Public hospital - Are those run by the central or state

government. These may be general hospital or specialized
hospitals or both.
2. Voluntary hospitals - They are run with public and private
funds on a non-commercial basis.
3. Private nursing hospitals/ nursing homes - Are generally
owned by an individual doctor or groups of doctors. They accept
patient suffering from injury, chronic, disability etc.
4. Corporate hospital - Which are public limited companies
formed under the companies act. They are normally run on
commercial lines. They can be either general or specialized or
both.
 Objectives:

1. Teaching-cum-research hospital - Is a hospital to which a

college` is attached for medical/ nursing/ dental/pharmacy
education.
2. General hospitals - Are those which provide treatment for
common disease and conditions 
The main objectives of this hospital are to provide care to the
people.
Specialised hospital - Are hospital providing medical and nursing
only a particular aspect or organ of the body .e.g. tuberculosis,
ENT, leprosy etc.
Isolation hospital - It is a hospital in which the persons suffering
from infectious/ communicable disease requiring isolation of the
patient, e.g., Epidemic Disease Hospital, Bangalore.
 Size
Sr, Type of hospital Beds
No
Small Hospital <100 beds
Medium Hospital 101-300 beds
Large Hospital 301-1000 beds
Teaching hospital 500 beds ( beds to be increased according to the number of
student )

District hospital 200 -300 beds

Taluka hospital 50 -200 beds
CHC 30-50 beds
Primary health center 6 -10 Beds
 Systems

a) Allopathic hospitals
b) Ayurvedic hospitals
c) Homeopathic hospitals
 Management

 Union government/ government of India - hospital run by the

railways, military/deference or public sector - central govt.
 State government - All hospital administered by the state union
territory.
 Local bodies - All hospital administered by local bodies, e.g.
corporation maternity homes.
 Autonomous bodies - All hospital establishment under special
act of parliament e.g. AIIMS, New Delhi, PGI.
 Private - All private hospital owned by an individual - e.g,
Manipal hospital, Banglore, Hinduja hospital, Mumbai.
 Voluntary agencies - All hospitals operated by a voluntary
body/a trust/charitable society under central/state government
laws. This includes hospital run by the missionary bodies and
co-operatives. e.g. CMC, Vellore.
ORGANIZATION OF HOSPITAL