Some countries also define specific services that required in regional hospitals.
The word regional or district may also be part of the name of the hospital.
Regional hospitals sometimes serve specific needs that cannot be adequately met by a local or rural hospital,[1] such as treating rare cancers, providing 24 hour emergency services, treating rare diseases such as ebola[2] or rare conditions such as obstetric fistula,[3] or providing elective orthopedic surgery.
[4] In the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, a regional hospital is one that provides more complex services than a district hospital, such as transplantations or rare cancers.
Most regional hospitals are located in major provincial cities, while general hospitals serve smaller provincial cities and towns.