2865M2000X Military General Acute Care Hospital

Definition: A Department of Defense (DoD) health care organization furnishing inpatient care 24 hours per day in "fixed" facilities, primarily for DoD beneficiaries. Entity is Defense Health Program (DHP) funded. A "fixed" facility is a non-temporary, non-deployed facility usually used for health care services. It includes mobile specialty units such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) units that may furnish services at the "fixed" facility. It includes those services and institutional costs usually included in a Diagnosis Related Group as well as "pass-through" items.
Grouping: Hospitals
Classification: Military Hospital
Specialization: Military General Acute Care Hospital
Section: Non-Individual
Notes: [1/1/2005: title modified, definition added]

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