Level of care hierarchy: Difference between revisions
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**WRHA regular Medicine ward (CTU or NTU) | **WRHA regular Medicine ward (CTU or NTU) | ||
**WRHA non-Medicine (e.g. surgery, family med, OB, etc) AND lower acuity ward in acute care hospital, whatever flavour of the month word they use for this, incl. rehab, geri-rehab, palliative care unit, etc | **WRHA non-Medicine (e.g. surgery, family med, OB, etc) AND lower acuity ward in acute care hospital, whatever flavour of the month word they use for this, incl. rehab, geri-rehab, palliative care unit, etc | ||
***To be clear here, we DO consider these locations "lower" levels than are Medicine wards, and the reason is that a major purpose of the levels is to be able to count up "wasted" bed-days. But of course the care provided in these other locations are not ''truly'' lower levels. | ***To be clear here, we DO consider these locations "lower" levels than are Medicine wards, and the reason is that a major purpose of the levels is to be able to count up "wasted" bed-days in ICUs or Medicine wards. But of course the care provided in these other locations are not ''truly'' lower levels. | ||
**Ward outside WRHA | **Ward outside WRHA | ||
**PCH or home | **PCH or home | ||