Healthcare

A Feature that is used to tag facilities which provide healthcare services.

healthcare:
  value: alternative
  match: equals

Only the following values are allowed:

• alternative - A facility where alternative or complementary medicine is practiced: e.g. acupuncture, chiropractic, naturopathy, etc.
• audiologist - A facility where an audiologist identifies and treats hearing problems.
• blood_bank - A center where blood gathered as a result of blood donation is stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion.
• blood_donation - Facility where you can donate blood, plasma and/or platelets, and possibly have stem cell samples taken.
• clinic - A medical facility, with more staff than a doctor's office, that does not admit inpatients. Used in addition to tag:amenity=clinic.
• counselling - A facility where health counselling is provided, e.g. dietitian, nutrition, addiction.
• dentist - A dentist practice / surgery. Used in addition to amenity=dentist.
• dialysis - Facility where people can get dialysis.
• doctor - A place to get medical attention or a check up from a physician. Used in addition to tag:amenity=doctors.
• hospice - A facility which provides palliative care to terminally ill people and support to their relatives.
• hospital - A hospital providing in-patient medical treatment, used in addition to tag:amenity=hospital.
• laboratory - A medical laboratory, a place which performs analysis and diagnostics on body fluids.
• midwife - A facility where healthcare is provided by a midwife, a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth.
• nurse - A facility where a trained health professional (nurse) provides healthcare, who is not a physician.
• occupational_therapist - A facility where an occupational therapist practices.
• optometrist - An optometrist's office.
• physiotherapist - A facility where a physiotherapist practices physical therapy (kinesiology, exercise, mobilization, etc).
• podiatrist - The office of a podiatrist for the treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle, and lower extremities.
• psychotherapist - An office of a psychotherapist or clinical psychologist.
• rehabilitation - Medical rehabilitation facility, usually inpatient or residential.
• sample_collection - Site or dedicated healthcare facility where samples of blood/urine/etc are obtained or collected for purpose of analyzing them for healthcare diagnostics.
• speech_therapist - A speech therapist, a health specialist who deals with speech, voice, swallowing or hearing impairment.
• vaccination_centre - A healthcare facility specifically dedicated to administering vaccinations to individuals, to provide immunisation against infectious diseases.