healthcare facility
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈhɛlθˌkɛr fəˈsɪlɪti/
:
instalación de salud
- The new healthcare facility in our town provides a range of medical services to patients.
- hospitals and other healthcare facilities
- patients treated at healthcare facilities
- treat at healthcare facilities
Examples
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Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are among the most dangerous places to work.
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Third, many healthcare managers do not realize the ever-broadening scope of legal liability for healthcare facilities.
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A claim results from a visit with a medical professional or a stay in a healthcare facility.
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There are several strategies for creating healthcare facilities that can adapt to change.
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Today, it is essential that members of the healthcare facility be actively involved in the planning process.
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So, it's really a situation where we have very poor health infrastructure, inadequate healthcare facilities, and disease outbreaks happening.
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Instead, EVMS is affiliated with more than 30 healthcare facilities, including almost every hospital in the region.
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In reviewing the literature on smoking and healthcare facilities, three trends are evident during the past three decades.
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Direct contact transmission contributes to the potential ease of spread throughout wards and healthcare facilities.
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To fulfill these obligations, healthcare facilities need to take proactive steps to screen, supervise, and train employees.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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1.0
A large building where sick or injured people get medical care
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2.8
A place where people go to see a doctor for advice or treatment without staying overnight
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5.6
A hospital for people with mental illness or intellectual disability who need long-term care
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4.1
A room in a place like a school where sick or injured people get care
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7.5
A hospital where people go to recover from a long illness
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3.0
A building where people go to see doctors and get treatment
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4.7
A place in a hospital or clinic where staff prepare and give out medicines to patients
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3.7
A place where doctors and nurses give health care and do research
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3.0
A building where people go to see doctors or get health care
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4.4
A place that gives long-term medical care and help for people recovering
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'healthcare facility' straightforwardly combines 'healthcare' (medical services) with 'facility' (a building or place for a specific use), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it means a place providing medical care. This noun-noun composition follows a common, transparent pattern across languages and is directly compositional rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Healthcare facility joins healthcare, meaning help for sick people, and facility, meaning a building or place. Picture a building where people go to get help, and you see why it means 'a place such as a hospital or clinic where medical care is given'.