Licensed and accredited institution with organized medical staff, permanent facilities that include inpatient beds, and medical services including physician services and continuous nursing services for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and nonsurgical, and preventive medical services.
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UK: Defined in health insurances and hospital cash plans as a privately owned or National Health Service hospital with facilities for medical and surgical treatment registered in the UK with a local authority in accordance with the Public Health Acts. Some types of establishment are not included in this definition: residential nursing homes, convalescent homes, hospices, health hydros, nature cure clinics and similar establishments or private beds registered as nursing homes.