What is a 'specialty hospital'?

What is a 'specialty hospital'?

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Specialty hospitals are obvious: they deal with their specialties. We have hospitals today that just deal with orthopedic issues. We have hospitals that deal just with women and children issues. We have hospitals that deal just with cardiac surgery and obviously we have hospital that deal just with psychiatric care. That's because of the nature of the specialty that requires this.