Hospital of today is a remarkable testimonial to the scientific advances of the 20th century.

摘要

The hospital of today is a remarkable testimonial to the scientific advances of the 20th century and man's ingenuity in pushing human survival and quality of life to an ever-expanding limit. Heavy investments over the past 30 years have made the hospital sector the largest expenditure category of the health system in most developed and developing countries. Despite shifts in attention and emphasis toward primary care as a first point of contact for patients, in most countries, hospitals remain, in most countries, a critical link to health care, providing both advanced and basic care for the population. Often, hospitals are the provider "of last resort" for the poor and critically ill when other services fail and households run out of money.