ambulatory care
Medical term Health Care Systems and Settings
Outpatient care in settings such as physician offices, clinics and outpatient surgery centers.
Sources
- Fundamentals of Nursing, Chapter 8 Key Terms · OpenStax
Free practice questions that use ambulatory care
- Health Care Systems and Settings, question 1A patient has a colonoscopy at a facility in the morning and goes home that afternoon without being admitted. How is this care classified?
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