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superficie asistencial

English translation: patient care space

20:26 Apr 3, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / hospital website
Spanish term or phrase: superficie asistencial
QQuirón es el primer grupo hospitalario privado en superficie asistencial de nueva construcción en España, con un total de 207.000m².

Can anyone help me with phrasing this!
Kate White
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:31
English translation:patient care space
Explanation:
I would phrase it something like: "Quiron has a total of 207,000 m2 of newly built patient care space, more than any other private hospital group operating in Spain. "

...Good Samaritan Hospital entered the next phase of its $122 million plan to expand or renovate a total of 250000 square feet of patient care space."
http://www.trihealth.com/aus/nws/nws_patientTower.aspx
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Jonathan Norris
United States
Local time: 22:31
Grading comment
Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2patient care space
Jonathan Norris
3 +2healthcare space
Rachel Fell
4surface area devoted to hospital premises (see explanation)
Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
4patient care facilities
Marisa Condurso de Nohara
Summary of reference entries provided
superficie asistencial / no asistencial
Charles Davis

  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
surface area devoted to hospital premises (see explanation)


Explanation:
"Superficie asistencial" is just a nice way of saying "surface area devoted to hospital premises". In your sentence, I'd say "With a total of 207.000 m2, Quirón is the first private hospital group in terms of surface area devoted to newly-built hospital premises".

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Spain
Local time: 07:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Wendy Cummings: 'leading' rather than 'first'
2 hrs
neutral  Marisa Condurso de Nohara: "Hospital premises" include many areas not directly related to patients' care
2 hrs
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
patient care space


Explanation:
I would phrase it something like: "Quiron has a total of 207,000 m2 of newly built patient care space, more than any other private hospital group operating in Spain. "

...Good Samaritan Hospital entered the next phase of its $122 million plan to expand or renovate a total of 250000 square feet of patient care space."
http://www.trihealth.com/aus/nws/nws_patientTower.aspx

Jonathan Norris
United States
Local time: 22:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: I was about to post the same answer (I would have said "patient care areas", but it comes to the same thing) // I'd got it all ready, and was just checking to see if anyone else had posted before pressing the button. Happens all the time! See ref below
7 mins
  -> Really??? :) Great minds... Anyways, thanks.
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
13 days
  -> gracias Muriel
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
patient care facilities


Explanation:
I like J. Norris' proposal but why not "premises" or "facilities" to keep the register?

Marisa Condurso de Nohara
Argentina
Local time: 02:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 14
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
healthcare space


Explanation:
new-build healthcare space

The Barts and The London Hospitals PFI involves the £1.4bn major redevelopment of both hospitals. Across both estates a total of 270,000 sq m of new build healthcare space is being provided, along with refurbishment of Grade I and Grade II listed buildings, enhancement of ancient scheduled monuments and major additions to the public realm within both Conservation Areas.

http://www.glhearn.com/aboutus/Pages/CaseStudy.aspx?casestud...



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Provision of single room accomodation and bed spacing
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11 Nov 2008 ... recommended for new build healthcare facilities and that the overall level of single room provision within any refurbished accommodation ...

www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/CEL2008_48.pdf -

For all new-build hospitals or other healthcare facilities which will provide in-patient accommodation there should be a presumption that all patients will be accommodated in single rooms, unless there are clinical reasons for multi-bedded rooms to be available.

http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/CEL2008_48.pdf

Site Manager Health Care Centre - Essex - CareerStructure/SM ...
The need now exists for a Site Manager for a new build health care centre in Essex. The project is worth 4M due to last till December 2011. ...
www.careerstructure.com/.../Site-Manager-Health-Care-Centre... - Cached


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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-04-03 23:03:24 GMT)
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or even "hospital":
...it is the first new-build hospital in the UK to feature innovative 'Cruciform’ wards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough_City_Hospital

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 206

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emma Goldsmith: I like the "new-build" bit too :)
8 hrs
  -> Thank you Emma! :-)
agree  Mirtha Grotewold
18 hrs
  -> Thank you Mirtha :-)
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: superficie asistencial / no asistencial

Reference information:
This document indicates that patient care space is not the same as total hospital space; indeed, in this case it is less than half the total:

"El consejero de Sanidad, Luis María Truan, ha visitado esta mañana la ampliación del Hospital de Laredo, correspondiente a la Fase II del Plan Horizonte, en cuyas obras se ha realizado una inversión aproximada de 6 millones de euros, a los que acompaña un presupuesto de 1,8 millones más para su equipamiento.
Esta fase, segunda de las tres que contempla el Plan Horizonte, proporciona un aumento de 2.765 metros cuadrados a los 19.763 que medía la superficie inicial del hospital, que experimentará, por tanto, un incremento del 14%. El 32% de esos nuevos 2.765 metros cuadrados será superficie asistencial y el resto, el 68%, superficie no asistencial."
http://www.saludcantabria.org/infGeneral/pdf/HospitalLaredo....

Charles Davis
Spain
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 804
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