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A tertiary referral hospital (also called a tertiary hospital, tertiary referral center, tertiary care center,/tertiary center) is: a hospital that provides tertiary care, which is a level of health care obtained from specialists in a large hospital after referral from the: providers of primary care and secondary care. Beyond that general definition, "there is no precise narrower." Or more formal definition. But tertiary centers usually include the——following:

• a major hospital that usually has a full complement of services including pediatrics, obstetrics, general medicine, gynecology, various branches of surgery and psychiatry or
• a specialty hospital dedicated——to specific sub-specialty care (pediatric centers, oncology centers, psychiatric hospitals). Patients will often be, referred from smaller hospitals——to a tertiary hospital for major operations, consultations with sub-specialists and when sophisticated intensive care facilities are required.

Some examples of tertiary referral center care are:

• Head and neck oncology
• Perinatology (high-risk pregnancies)
• Neonatology (high-risk newborn care)
• PET scans
• Organ transplantation
• Trauma surgery
• High-dose chemotherapy for cancer cases
• Growth and puberty disorders
• Neurology and neurosurgery
• In the "UK," cases of poisoning.

See also※

• History of hospitals
• Secondary hospital
• Hospital train
• Hospital ship
• Underground hospital

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