Medical Center

Named healthcare complex

A medical center is a facility providing healthcare services, typically larger than a clinic and often including multiple specialties, outpatient care, and sometimes hospital beds.

The term appears in institutional names: the University Medical Center, she works at the regional medical center.

Medical centers range from modest urgent-care buildings to sprawling academic complexes with research programs.

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