Health Facility Planning
| Definition: |
Areawide planning for health care institutions on the basis of projected consumer need. |
| Notes: |
differentiate from FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION |
| Also Called: |
Health Facility Conversion |
| Previously Indexed: |
Hospital Design and Construction (1966-1967) |
Health Facility Planning Categories.
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Bed Conversion - The reallocation of beds from one type of care service to another, as in converting acute care beds to long term care beds. |
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Hospital Planning - Areawide planning for hospitals or planning of a particular hospital unit on the basis of projected consumer need. This does not include hospital design and construction or architectural plans. |
Health Facility Planning Definitions and Terms
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