What is a Long Term Acute Care Hospital?

Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) Hospitals focus on patients who are critically ill and/or medically complex and require intense, specialized treatment for approximately three to four weeks, or until they are well enough to move on to the next level of their recovery. These patients often transfer from an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in traditional hospitals and often need ventilator support or other types of life support and medical assistance. An LTAC hospital specializes in long term hospital services for patients with serious medical problems and/or complicated rehabilitation problems that require intense specialized treatment for longer periods of time than what traditional hospitals offer.

 

Hill Country Specialty Hospital

Hill Country Specialty Hospital is a state-of-the-art, physician-owned, Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH), featuring quality individualized care for the critically ill and medically complex patients who require an extended hospital stay averaging 25 days or more. Hill Country Specialty Hospital is Joint Commission accredited and offers a full range of specialized medical, nursing, cardiac, respiratory, and therapy services for patients using an individualized, interdisciplinary team approach with proven clinical outcomes for high acuity patients.