Tertiary referral hospital




A tertiary referral hospital (also called a tertiary hospital, tertiary referral center, or tertiary kncare center, or tertiary center) is a hospital that provides tertiary care, which is health care from specialists in a large hospital after referral from primary care and secondary care. Beyond that general definition, there is no precise narrower or more formal definition, but tertiary centers usually include the following:



  • a major hospital that usually has a full complement of services including pediatrics, obstetrics, general medicine, gynecology, various branches of surgery and psychiatry or

  • a specialty hospital dedicated to specific sub-specialty care (pediatric centers, Oncology centers, psychiatric hospitals). Patients will often be referred from smaller hospitals to a tertiary hospital for major operations, consultations with sub-specialists and when sophisticated intensive care facilities are required.


Some examples of tertiary referral center care are:



  • Head and neck oncology


  • Perinatology (high-risk pregnancies)


  • Neonatology (high-risk newborn care)

  • PET scans

  • Organ transplantation

  • Trauma surgery

  • High-dose chemotherapy for cancer cases

  • Growth and puberty disorders


  • Neurology and neurosurgery

  • In the UK, cases of poisoning.



See also


  • Secondary hospital


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