Tertiary referral hospital

A tertiary referral hospital or tertiary care center is a term without a formal definition which in the United States generally refers to:
 * a major hospital that usually has a full complement of services including pediatrics, general medicine, various branches of surgery and psychiatry or
 * a specialty hospital dedicated to specific subspecialty care (pediatric centers, Oncology centers, psychiatric hospitals). Patients will often be referred from smaller hospitals to a tertiary hospital for major operations, consultations with subspecialists and when sophisticated intensive care facilities are required.

In both the United Kingdom and the United States, a tertiary referral hospital can also mean any hospital that provides tertiary care.

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