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This dimension sorts medical institutions by their basic kind, a hospital, a medical school or a public health agency. Wikipedia notes that "hospitals are classified as general, specialty, or government depending on the sources of income received." Browsing by kind keeps institutions of the same basic type grouped together.

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Founding Era
787 1
Institution Kind
hospital 1
Kind
Sources
1. Bimaristan (Wikipedia)
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  • Bimaristan, Harun al-Rashid Baghdad hospital, era
    The first bimaristan proper was more likely the one founded by the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786-809) in Baghdad, a state hospital in 787.
  • Bimaristan, Harun al-Rashid Baghdad hospital, kind
    The first bimaristan proper was more likely the one founded by the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786-809) in Baghdad, a state hospital in 787.
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