Day hospitalisation

ADMISSION CRITERIA:

In-patient day hospital services – an alternative to continuous hospitalisation for patients who do not require medical supervision for more than 12 hours/visit (day).

Day hospital care includes acute and chronic care and is provided under the following admission criteria:

a) the diagnosis cannot be established
b) treatment cannot be carried out and/or monitored on an outpatient basis.

Services necessary for the diagnosis, treatment or monitoring of the patient which are carried out on a day hospital basis may have:

• multi-specialty nature
• and/or multidisciplinary,
• can be invasive,
• may be followed by adverse reactions or risk of emergency during their performance or related to the patient’s state of health,
• require medical supervision that cannot be performed in an outpatient setting due to lack of human or technical resources,
• require a period of supervision by medical staff of at least three hours,
• medical services requiring the administration of medicines, the administration of which requires different times, methods of administration and controls of specific duration.

Documents required for admission:

• Referral note from your GP or specialist;
• ID card or birth certificate (minors under 14);
• Health card or health card replacement certificate;
• Standard insurance certificate showing the number of days of sick leave taken in the last 12 months, for employees, in order to issue sick leave;
• Eurocard – for European Union citizens

DISCHARGE CRITERIA:

• diagnosis with cured condition;
• diagnosis with improved condition;
• diagnosis with stationary condition.