Subacute Care Hospitals

Health care facilities that specialize in treating patients who require extensive physiological monitoring, intravenous therapy or postoperative care, intensive rehabilitation, ventilatory care, pulmonary rehabilitation or other medically complex interventions. Forms of treatment warranting this level of care include coma stimulation, dialysis, IV antibiotics, dobutamine and other drips, pain management, hydration, wound care and interventions for oncologic complications, spinal cord and head injuries, neurological impairments, infectious diseases and other complex conditions.