Classification of hospital shall be based on Administrative Order No. 2012–0012, dated July 18, 2012, "Rules and Regulations Governing the New Classification of Hospitals and Other Health Facilities in the Philippines"
They shall be classified according to the following:
According to Ownership
Government
The hospital is created by law.
A government health facility may be under the National Government, DOH, Local Government Unit (LGU), Department of Justice (DOJ), State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCC) and others
Private
Owned, established, and operated with funds from donation, principal, investment, or other means by any individual, corporation, association, or organization
According to Scope of Services
General Hospital
A hospital that provides services for all kinds of illnesses, diseases, injuries or deformities
It provides medical and surgical care to the sick and injured, maternity, newborn and child care
It shall be equipped with the service capabilities needed to support board certified/ eligible medical specialists and other licensed physicians rendering services in, but not limited to the following:
- Clinical Services (Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery)
- Emergency Services
- Outpatient Services
- Ancillary and Support Services (Clinical Laboratory, Imaging Facility, Pharmacy)
Specialty
Specializes in a particular disease or condition or in one type of patient
A specialized hospital may be devoted to the treatment of the following:
Treatment of a particular type of illness or for a particular condition requiring a range of treatment
Treatment of patients suffering from a particular diseases of a particular organ or group of organs
Treatment of patients belonging to a group such as children, women, elderly or others
According to functional capacity
Level 1 General Hospital
A level 1 General Hospital shall have as minimum:
1. A staff of qualified, medical, allied medical and administrative personnel headed by a physician duly licensed by the PRC
2. Bed space for its authorized bed capacity, in accordance with DOH Guidelines in the Planning and Design of Hospitals
3. An operating room with standard equipment and provisions for sterilization of equipment and supplies in accordance with:
- DOH Reference Plan in the Planning and Design of an Operating
- Room or Theater
- DOH Guidelines on Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization of Reusable Medical Devices in Hospital Facilities in the Philippines
4. A post-operative Recovery Room
5. Maternity Facilities consisting of Ward(s), Room(s), a Delivery Room, exclusively for maternity patients and newborns
6. Isolation facilities with proper procedures for the care and control of infection and communicable diseases as well as for the prevention of cross infection
7. A separate dental section/ clinic
8. Provision for blood donation
9. A DOH-licensed secondary clinical laboratory with the services of a consulting pathologist
10. A DOH licensed Level 1 imaging facility with the services of a consulting radiologist
11. A DOH licensed pharmacy
Level 2 General Hospital
As minimum, all of Level 1 capacity, including but not limited to:
1. An organized staff of qualified and competent personnel with Chief of Hospital/Medical Director and appropriate board certified Clinical Department Heads
2. Departmentalized and equipped with the service capabilities needed to support board certified/ eligible medical specialties and other licensed physicians rendering services in the specialties of Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, their subspecialties, and other ancillary services
3. Provision for general ICU for critically ill patients
4. Provision for NICU
5. Provision for HRPU
6. Provision for Respiratory Therapy Services
7. A DOH licensed tertiary clinical laboratory
8. A DOH licensed level 2 imaging facility with mobile X-ray inside the institution and with capability for contrast examinations
Level 3 General Hospital
As minimum, all of Level 2, including but not limited to:
Teaching and/or Training Hospital with accredited residency training program for physicians in the four major specialties namely: Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Surgery
Provision for physical medicine and rehabilitation unit
Provision for ambulatory surgical clinic
Provision for dialysis facility
Provision for blood bank
A DOH licensed level 3 imaging facility with interventional radiology
Specialty Hospitals
As described above
Trauma Hospitals
The trauma capability of hospitals shall be assessed in accordance with the guidelines formulated by the Philippine College of Surgeons
Trauma Capable Facility is a DOH licensed hospital designated as a Trauma Center
Trauma Receiving Facility is a DOH licensed hospital within the trauma service area which receives trauma patients for transport to the point of care or a trauma center
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