Inpatient care goes back to 230 BC in India where Ashoka founded 18 hospitals. The Romans also adopted the concept of inpatient care by building a specialized temple for sick patients in 291 AD. In 2011, there were approximately 39 million inpatient stays in the United States.
About Inpatient care in brief
Inpatient care is the care of patients whose condition requires admission to a hospital. Inpatient care goes back to 230 BC in India where Ashoka founded 18 hospitals. The Romans also adopted the concept of inpatient care by building a specialized temple for sick patients in 291 AD on the island of Tiber. In 2011, there were approximately 39 million inpatient stays in the United States, with a national aggregate cost of USD 387 billion. Florence Nightingale was the leading advocate for improving medical care in the mid-19th century.
She is still considered the founder of modern nursing and her image is the one depicted each year on nurses’ day. The concept of hospitalist medicine is the fastest growing segment of medicine and is being adopted by hospitals worldwide for in Patient care. It provides around the clock in patient care from physicians whose sole practice is the hospital itself.
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