SCIAN 62211—General hospitals

Where 62211 sits

1. 62 Health and social assistance services
2. 622 Hospitals
3. 6221 General hospitals
4. 62211 General hospitals

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 622111 General hospitals in the private sector
• 622112 Public sector general hospitals

Description

Economic units primarily dedicated to providing medical services for the care of a variety of illnesses affecting children, women, the elderly, or patients in general. These economic units have facilities for inpatient care and are known as general hospitals, pediatric hospitals, geriatric hospitals, or women's health hospitals.

Cross-references for 62211

• Establishments primarily engaged in providing general outpatient medical consultation services (62111, Medical Offices); medical services to patients requiring hospitalization due to psychological disorders and addiction (62221, Psychiatric and addiction treatment hospitals); medical services for the care of specific diseases or a condition of an organ or system (62231, Hospitals of other medical specialties); care for convalescent, rehabilitating, incurable, and terminally ill patients (62311, Nursing homes for convalescent, rehabilitating, incurable, and terminally ill patients); care for people with mental retardation (62321, Residential care facilities for people with mental retardation); care for people suffering from a mental disorder or addiction (62322, Residential care facilities for people with mental disorders and addiction); family planning centers (62141, Family planning centers), and other centers for the care of patients who do not require hospitalization (62149, Other centers for the care of patients who do not require hospitalization).

62211 in other systems