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outpatient Definition

out·pa·tient (o̵utpā′s̸hənt)

noun

a patient who is treated at a hospital, clinic, etc. and leaves without becoming an inpatient

outpatient Usage Examples

Possessives

  • clinic: GPs ' referrals to hospital outpatients ' clinics were greatly reduced by the availability of outreach clinics.
  • appointment: When my husband and I took him for his first outpatient's appointment at the Radcliffe Infirmary we arrived very late.
  • department: We became frequent visitors to the outpatients ' department of Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Converse of object

  • attend: For example, take information about the number of patients attending outpatients.
  • treat: So we are treating more new outpatients as well as cutting waiting lists.
  • reduce: Our targets are to: Reduce outpatient waits to 3 months by 2005.

Adjective modifier

  • orthopedic: EBPCT has developed team of extended scope physiotherapists who train under supervision of orthopedic surgeons to triage all GP referrals for orthopedic outpatients.
  • psychiatric: How are decisions made about prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs for psychiatric outpatients?

Modifies a noun

  • clinic: The Hospital also deals with many outpatient clinics, will these continue?
  • appointment: He has a diabetic [ outpatient appointment ] in the near future which he should keep.
  • hysteroscopy: Setting: Outpatient hysteroscopy clinic in a university hospital.
  • physiotherapy: The summary records that the literature search did not find any studies addressing the effectiveness of an outpatient physiotherapy service for low back pain.
  • department: The outpatient department at Sutton is a very busy unit.
  • detoxification: The study included 127 patients who sought treatment for opioid dependence and who completed outpatient detoxification.

Noun used with modifier

  • rheumatology: The setting was in a rheumatology outpatient clinic in a large teaching hospital in the center of Bristol.
  • gynecology: Specialist gynecology clinics and routine gynecology outpatient clinics are held within the unit.
  • dermatology: In most major hospitals the volume of Dermatology outpatients will exceed that for the whole of Internal Medicine.
  • hospital: Did the cases ever attend the same hospital outpatients clinic?
  • follow-up: The report will be sent to your consultant, the results will then be discussed with you at a follow-up outpatient appointment.
  • consultant: This has resulted in a shortened journey for patients, and has improved access for other patients to the consultant outpatient service.

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