A polyclinic, or policlinic, is a place where a wide range of health care services (including diagnostics) can be obtained without the need for an overnight stay. Polyclinics are sometimes co-located with a hospital or may be located in another locality entirely.

A typical polyclinic houses general medical practitioners such as doctors and nurses to provide ambulatory care and some acute care services but lacks the major surgical and pre- and post operative care facilities commonly associated with hospitals.

Polyclinics have existed in Australia, France, Germany (since 2004), Switzerland and the former Soviet republics such as Russia and Ukraine;^[1] and in many countries across Asia and Africa.^[2] Recent Russian governments have attempted to replace the polyclinic model introduced during soviet times with a more western model. However, this has failed.^[3]

[edit] See also

• Polyclinic in Seattle
• Polyclinics in England
• Ideas from Darzi: Polyclinics

[edit] References

1. ^ NLH - Health Management - Polyclinics. http://www.library.nhs.uk/HealthManagement/ViewResource.aspx?resID=267332. Retrieved 2008-07-03. 
2. ^ Google
3. ^ Ershova I, Rider O, Gorelov V (December 2007). "Polyclinics in London". Lancet 370 (9603): 1890–1. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61793-0. PMID 18068500. 

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