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Y tế, Văn hoá và Thể thao - Health, Culture and Sport 328
EXPLANATION OF TERMINOLOGY, CONTENT AND METHODOLOG
OF SOME STATISTICAL INDICATORS ON
HEALTH
Health establishment
is the place where patients are examined, treated and taken care
of, including hospital, sanatorium and rehabilitation hospital, regional polyclinic, commune
health center (grassroot-level health unit), medical service unit in offices, enterprises and
other health units.
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Hospital
is a health establishment with the coverage: having specialized wards,
surgeon rooms, testing room, equipment for disease diagnosis, health staff like doctors,
physicians, nurses, etc. Its functions are to take care of people's health, examine and treat in-
patients and out-patients, disease prevention, educate health for people, study and train staff.
Hospitals must be recognized by the Ministry of Health and are classified by management
levels such as provincial hospitals or district hospitals. Hospital may be general or
specialized one.
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Sanatorium and rehabilitation hospital
is a health establishment receiving those who
need to be save health or restore health.
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Regional polyclinic
is a health establishment to examine and treat people in the
district, town or a group of communes.
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Commune health center
(grassroot-level health unit)
is the first place to provides
health care services including primary health care, first aid, protection of mothers and
children, family planning, discovering and reporting epidemic diseases to the upper level.
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Medical service unit in offices, enterprises
is a health establishment giving
examination, treatment and medicine to the staff of the offices or enterprises.
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Other health units
are the health establishments other than the above mentioned
establishments, such as tuberculosis, dermatology and venereology, vision testing units,
leprosy treatment center, antenatal clinic.
Patient bed
is used for patients during their treatment at the health establishments. This
excludes beds for persons on duty, and beds in the examining and waiting rooms.