Question

Describe the similarities and differences that exist between inpatient healthcare facilities and outpatient healthcare facilities. Give three examples of inpatient facilities and three examples of outpatient facilities. Be sure to include information about the services each facility named provides

Answer 1

Similarities :-

a) Whether it is inpatient or outpatient, patients needs to come to the hospital to get their treatment done.

b) Both the inpatient and outpatient requires psychotherapy and counselling.

c) Both the healthcare facility involves giving medication to the patients for their cure.

Differences :-

a) One of the main differences is that inpatient requires patient admission whereas outpatient doesn't requires patient admission.

b) Inpatient facilities require an overnight care to the patients whereas incase outpatient facility, patients walk-in and get the treatment done and simply walks out.

c) Incase of inpatient facility, patients get more care and they get cure fast than compared to outpatient facility which involves less care.

d) The length of treatment is more in case of inpatient as a patient needs to get admitted in a hospital whereas outpatient facility involves shorter time period treatment.

Examples of inpatient facility :-

1. Hospitals and nursing homes.
2. Nursing staffs who are designed for inpatient care.
3. Emergency room care when doctors admit patients.

Examples of outpatient facility :-

1. Outside doctors and physicians.
2. Private doctor's clinic which has no facility for patients' admission.
3. Various labs for medical tests such as X rays.
4. Emergency departments in hospitals.

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