Define: Non-acute care setting
Non-acute care setting means a physician's office, clinic, convalescent or extended care facility, patient's dwelling, or a freestanding diagnostic or therapeutic facility
Non-acute care setting means a physician's office, clinic, convalescent or extended care facility, patient's dwelling, or a freestanding diagnostic or therapeutic facility.
Relevant Circumstances
- When healthcare services are delivered outside a hospital inpatient ward
- If reimbursement varies between acute hospitals and community care sites
- Where home-based or clinic-based delivery falls within the same definition