Term: Tertiary Hospital / Tertiary Care Hospital

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2011-10-24

Definition:

Facilities that provide medical care that requires highly specialized skills, technology, and support services. In Manitoba, the only tertiary hospitals are Health Sciences Centre and St. Boniface General Hospital.

Related concepts 

• Hospital Types

Related terms 

• Hospital Types
• Out of Hospital (OOH)
• Teaching Hospitals
• Tertiary Care

References 

• Fransoo R, Martens P, Prior H, Chateau D, McDougall C, Schultz J, McGowan K, Soodeen R, Bailly A. Adult Obesity in Manitoba: Prevalence, Associations, and Outcomes. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2011. [Report] [Summary] (View)

Term used in 

• Fransoo R, Martens P, The Need to Know Team, Prior H, Burchill C, Koseva I, Rajotte L. Who is in our Hospitals.and why? Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2013. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Garland A, Fransoo R, Olafson K, Ramsey C, Yogendran M, Chateau D, McGowan K. The Epidemiology and Outcomes of Critical Illness in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] (View)