Term: Transitional Care Facilities

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2013-10-04

Definition:

A general category within hospital types that identifies hospitals that are focused primarily on providing long-term care rather than acute care. In Fransoo et al. (2013) this included 13 facilities, located in the Southern and Prairie Mountain Health Regions. These facilities included: Baldur Health Centre, Birtle Health Centre, Emerson Hospital, Erickson Health Centre, MacGregor and District Health Centre, McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre, Pembina-Manitou Health Centre, Reston Health Centre, Riverdale Health Services District (Rivers), Rossburn District Health Centre, Seven Regions Health Centre (Gladstone), St. Claude Hospital, and Wawanesa and District Memorial Health Centre.

See the Hospital Types concept for more information.

Related concepts 

• Hospital Types

Related terms 

• Hospital Types

References 

• 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)