Hospital Stage

The hospital stage is the first, most complex and lengthy stage of the treatment process, which combines measures to diagnose diseases, assess the severity of the patient’s condition and begin targeted treatment that prevents or eliminates possible complications that are dangerous to the life and health of patients. At the hospital stage, qualified medical care is provided to 95-98% of patients. One of the important elements of the work of an inpatient department is the coordination of the activities of all services of the department - clinical, laboratory, functional, paraclinical, therapeutic and diagnostic, psychiatric, labor and other services. The first stage in the treatment of a patient at the hospital stage is an outpatient appointment with a clinic doctor or a paramedic at home. The purpose of this stage is to reduce the time from the patient’s admission to the hospital to the start of treatment. The methods used are preserving the patient’s functional capabilities, early diagnosis of diseases, differential diagnosis, referral for consultation to specialists, etc. The next element of the work of the medical department is