Assignment Task: I need help considering the differences between long-term care facilities and acute care facilities.
For this assignment, answer the following questions for long-term care vs acute care facilities.
I want you to consider the differences between each type of facility and the type of care provided by each. Be sure to consider these questions:
1. What type of procedures and diagnosis do you expect to find within each of these facilities?
2. What type of facilities can be categorized as long-term care and acute care? Is there any overlap?
3. How or why might a patient move between these two types of facilities?
4. What are the differences between these two types of healthcare facilities?
5. What are the similarities between these two types of facilities?
6. What types of procedures and diagnoses do you expect to be recorded in the medical record for each?
7. What types of facilities fall in the categories of long-term care and acute care?