<unk>  is a branch of secondary health<unk>  where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. In medical terms,<unk>  for<unk>  health conditions is the opposite from chronic<unk> , or longer term<unk> .<unk>  services are generally delivered by teams of health<unk>  professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties.<unk>  may require a stay in a hospital emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, urgent<unk>  centre or other short-term stay facility, along with the assistance of diagnostic services, surgery, or follow-up outpatient<unk>  in the community. Hospital-based<unk>  inpatient<unk>  typically has the goal of discharging patients as soon as they are deemed healthy and stable.<unk>  settings include emergency department, intensive<unk> , coronary<unk> , cardiology, neonatal intensive<unk> , and many general areas where the patient could become<unk> ly unwell and require stabilization and transfer to another higher dependency unit for further treatment.
Acute care
Hospital bed
Emergency 
Emergency
Chronic care
Hospital NEO
Long-term care
Hospital