Medical Facilities Unit Hospital Types
Critical Access Hospital
A Critical
Access Hospital 
is a rural acute care hospital consisting of no more than twenty-five (25) acute/skilled nursing care beds that can be used for either acute inpatient or skilled nursing care.
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