private clinics
Non-hospital medical facilities
Private clinics are healthcare facilities operated independently of government-run systems, typically requiring patients to pay out of pocket or through private insurance.
They often promise shorter wait times, more personalized care, or specialized services: She went to a private clinic for her knee surgery rather than wait six months in the public system.
The term appears frequently in debates about healthcare access and two-tiered medicine.
- specialistsFocused field authorities
- co-paymentsPatient's fixed medical fee
- deductiblesPre-coverage personal payments
- general practitionersNon-specialist community physicians
- primary careFirst-line medical services
healthcare privatization · licensing requirements · emergency services · urgent care · out-of-pocket expenses · boutique · patient satisfaction · malpractice insurance · mental health counseling · ethical guidelines · rehabilitation services · cosmetic surgery · plastic surgeon · insurers · premiums · personalized care · out-of-pocket costs · insurance coverage
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, primary care
- private institutionsreligious schools, boarding schools, prep schools, academies, seminaries
- healthcare systemshospital system, public hospitals, health plan, HMO, single payer
- Canadian Healthcarehealth card, health cards, universal coverage, single-payer, universal healthcare
- Indian wellnessAyurveda, yoga therapy, pranayama, doshas, chakras
private clinicspublic hospitals
Government-operated medical facilities
state-run hospitals · county hospitals · VA hospitals · community health centers · veterans hospitals
private clinicsgeneral hospitals
Facilities for varied care
university hospitals · teaching hospitals · regional hospitals · trauma centers