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Medical - Medical: Health Care / centros asistenciales, atención médica | | Spanish term or phrase: atención abierta | Contexto general: un informe sobre el sistema de salud de Chile.
Contexto particular: En un cuadro sobre la atención médica de los hospitales de Chile, aparece la expresión "atención abierta", que no conozco.
Trataré de copiar algunas celdas del cuadro para que tengan una idea más precisa:
Specialists N° of specialists N° of beds for each specialty
Immunologists 33 "Atención abierta"
Busqué en internet, pero no encontré más que esta página: http://www.ssvaldivia.cl/intranet/biblioteca/DpiAdmi3.htm, en donde asocian "atención abierta" con "consultorios externos", pero no sé si es algo particular de esta página o es que significa esto.
Entiendo que es un modismo chileno.
¡Desde ya, les agradezco por su ayuda! |
| | | outpatient or ambulatory care | Explanation:
Outpatients and inpatients
An outpatient is a patient who is not hospitalized overnight but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment. Treatment provided in this fashion is called ambulatory care. Outpatient surgery eliminates inpatient hospital admission, reduces the amount of medication prescribed, and uses a doctor's time more efficiently. More procedures are now being performed in a surgeon's office, termed office-based surgery, rather than in an operating room. Outpatient surgery is suited best for healthy people undergoing minor or intermediate procedures (limited urologic, ophthalmologic, or ear, nose, and throat procedures and procedures involving the extremities).
An inpatient on the other hand is "admitted" to the hospital and stays overnight or for an indeterminate time, usually several days or weeks (though some cases, like coma patients, have been in hospitals for years). |
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7 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +6 Walk-in clinic/service
Explanation:
It means, as said elsewhere, that you do not require an appointment.
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