Following are the different types of healthcare services:
1. Hospitals: Hospitals offer diagnostic, treatment, and medical services to patients along with some outpatient services such as counseling and weight-loss programs.
This type involves general medical and surgical hospitals, specialty hospitals, family planning and abortion clinics, psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals, hospices and palliative care centers, dental laboratories, blood and organ banks, emergency and other outpatient care centers, sleep disorder clinics, etc.
2. Nursing and Residential Care Facilities: They offer residential care along with either supervisory, nursing, or other kinds of required care.
These kinds of healthcare services involve home healthcare services, urgent care centers, nursing care facilities, mental health and residential developmental handicap facilities, community care facilities for the elderly, in-home senior care facilities, etc.
3. Ambulatory Healthcare Services: Various healthcare service providers offer directly as well as indirect healthcare services to ambulatory patients.
This kind of healthcare service involves outpatient care centers, ambulance services, medical and diagnostic laboratories, and other ambulatory healthcare services.
4. Medical Practitioners and Healthcare Professionals: This kind of healthcare service involves medical practitioners, homeopaths, psychologists, chiropractors, social workers and marriage counselors, optometrists, physical therapists, dermatologists, nutritionists, dieticians, etc.