Selecting a Hospital Institutional healthcare is available in a hierarchy of options. Acute-care hospitals offer the highest level of care. These facilities are staffed 24 hours a day with physicians and nurses. Your care recipient s insurance probably will dictate the acute-care hospital.
Rehabilitation hospitals offer a lower level of care.
Their goal is to return patients to independent life as soon as possible. This is done through extensive daily therapy. Although your health plan and doctor might limit the choices, you could have more options than you think. Check them out.