Extended Care

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
EC
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈstɛndɪd kɛr/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. This healthcare model integrates ambulatory surgery with overnight or extended care outside of a hospital.
  2. Geriatric services are provided in all acute and extended care hospitals.
  3. They are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, extended care facilities, rehabilitation centres, doctors'offices, clinics, companies, private homes and community health centres.
  4. Together with the two other business areas, Extended Care(EC) ( ARJOHUNTLEIGH ) and Medical Systems ( MAQUET ), the entire GETINGE group of companies focuses on state-of-the-art medical technology.
  5. The extended care service model had been recognized by patients, nurses and doctors in a certain sense. It can be used as an effective nursing model to be promoted.

Other meanings of EC