Outpatient definitions

out'pā'shənt
A patient whose treatment does not require an overnight stay in a hospital or clinic.
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Of or relating to outpatients or their care.
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A patient who is treated at a hospital, clinic, etc. but is not lodged there as an inpatient.
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Of or serving outpatients.
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A patient whose treatment does not require an overnight stay in a hospital or clinic.
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Of or relating to outpatients or their care.
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(medicine) Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient.
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A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.
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Sentence Examples

  • Outpatient care involves the patient coming to the center for individual and group counseling, from three to five times a week, depending on the level of care needed.

  • outpatient hysteroscopy clinic in a university hospital.

  • For those doing the social model detox on an outpatient basis, interviews and medical history should be taken to insure the person will not have any severe withdrawal symptoms.

  • The company offers options for basic hospitalization only, as well as options that pay out when the policyholder needs to have outpatient surgery or diagnostic tests.

  • For example, far too often, patients that go sour in outpatient surgical centers need an inpatient admission into an acute care hospital.

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