What does "hospicentric" mean?

Of a public health system: such that the majority of health problems are dealt with only at the hospital level when patients have already presented with serious complications.

Hospicentric

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Adjective

1
Of a public health system: such that the majority of health problems are dealt with only at the hospital level when patients have already presented with serious complications.

Etymology

Blend of hospital + -centric.

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