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Health Facility Planning

Medical Definition:	Areawide planning for health care institutions on the basis of projected consumer need.
Guide Notes:	differentiate from FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Also Called:	Health Facility Conversion
Previously Indexed:	Hospital Design and Construction (1966-1967)

Health Facility Planning Categories.

	Bed Conversion - The reallocation of beds from one type of care service to another, as in converting acute care beds to long term care beds.
	Hospital Planning - Areawide planning for hospitals or planning of a particular hospital unit on the basis of projected consumer need. This does not include hospital design and construction or architectural plans.

Health Facility Planning Medical Definitions and Terms

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