Classification Manual Function 40

U.S. Department of Commerce

Federal, State, and Local Governments
Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual
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FUNCTION CODE: 40

NAME: Own Hospitals

SECTOR: General

APPLIES TO: Finance | | Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Hospitals

DEFINITION: Hospital facilities providing in-patient medical care and institutions primarily for care and treatment of handicapped (rather than education) which are directly administered by a government, including those operated by public universities. Also covers direct payments for acquisition or construction of hospitals whether or not the government will operate the completed facility.

EXAMPLES: Government-operated general hospitals; institutions for the custody, treatment, or general care of the mentally insane or defective, feeble-minded, mentally retarded, or emotionally disturbed; TB sanatoria, maternity and children hospitals, orthopedic hospitals, and hospitals for chronic diseases; institutions for care and treatment of blind, deaf, developmentally disabled, or other special classes of handicap; hospitals associated with university medical schools (including paid student help).

EXCLUSIONS: Nursing homes (or other welfare institutions) not directly associated with a public hospital (report at Public Welfare, code 79); state schools for blind, deaf, or other handicapped primarily for education and training (report at Other Education, code 21); infirmaries serving particular institutions, like college infirmaries and prison hospitals (report at function involved); hospitals for criminally insane operated by corrections agency (report at Correctional Institutions, code 05); instructional staff of medical school hospitals (report at Other Higher Education, code 18).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Refer to dependent agency checklists for state and large city and county government institutions included in this function.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

	General Purpose Governments
EXPENDITURES, DIRECT:	Federal	State	D.C.	Large City-County	Other Local	Special District
EMPLOYMENT DATA	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.