Concetti Chiave
- The ER is government-funded, open 24/7, and treats all patients, regardless of insurance, focusing on life-threatening situations.
- Urgent care centers handle non-life-threatening injuries, are privately funded, set their own hours, and may refuse uninsured patients.
- Outpatients visit the hospital for appointments during the day, while inpatients are admitted and may stay overnight.
- The National Health Service in the UK provides free healthcare, except for prescription charges, with appointments and home visits for homebound patients.
- In British English, "surgery" can refer to both a medical building where GPs work and the hours they are available to see patients.
Differenza tra emergency room (ER)/ emergency department (ED) o urgent care centre
ER is for life-threatening situations, is funded by the government, open 24/7, long waiting time if not an urgent injury, required by law to treat anyone who requests it even if uninsured
Urgent care centre: deals with non-life threatening injures, privately funded, determines its own hours of operation, its main mission is to provide immediate medical care when a patient’s GP is not avaible, has the right to refuse uninsured patiens
Outpatients stanno solo durante il giorno e non la notte, ad esempio hanno un appuntamento
Inpatients sono admitted to the hospital, potrebbero essere outpatients se hai un appuntamento e ti trattengono.
National health service
Responsible for health of everyone in UK
They do free treatment except for a prescription charge for drugs and appliances (devices: I robi per sentire, etc)
Appointment basis
Home visits are made when patiens are homebound or illSurgery in british English potrebbe voler dire non solo chirurgia:
L’edificio dove lavorano iGPs, vuol dire anche il tempo in cui I GPs sono disponibili per vedere I pazienti.
Chiede anceh abbreviazioni
Bedridden=deve stare a letto
Advice, spesso è informale.
Suggestion, è un ipotesi, opinione
Raccomendations: ti raccomando un hotel perchè son stato lì, è basATO su esperienza. Anche quello che dice anche il medico quindi
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