inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt 
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
Examples of inpatient in a Sentence
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The basis of his decision rested on whether Bohren felt her release to a group home or some form of inpatient care outside a secure mental health facility represented a risk to the community or to Geyser herself.
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Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
Advertisement Taken together with Tri-City Medical Center’s closure of its 16 inpatient mental health beds in 2018, the move is a short-term blow to acute mental health services availability in North County.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
The former Connecticut health commissioner said concierge doctors join large hospital systems because of the institutions' reputations, while hospitals sign up concierge physicians to ensure referrals to specialists and inpatient care.
—Phil Galewitz | Kff Health News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2024
Two patients had been at L.A. County General Hospital’s acute inpatient psychiatric unit for 423 days and 593 days, the report said.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
One such initiative is the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, established during the pandemic, which allowed hospitals to extend inpatient care to patients' homes.
—Jiang Li, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Months of rehabilitation followed: three brain surgeries and three months in hospitals and inpatient rehab.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Syringes of the opioid painkiller fentanyl are shown in an inpatient pharmacy on June 1, 2018, in Salt Lake City.
—CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024
Studies have shown that patients who are boarded in the emergency department rather than having an inpatient bed, the mortality goes up.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2024
Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
Advertisement Taken together with Tri-City Medical Center’s closure of its 16 inpatient mental health beds in 2018, the move is a short-term blow to acute mental health services availability in North County.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
The former Connecticut health commissioner said concierge doctors join large hospital systems because of the institutions' reputations, while hospitals sign up concierge physicians to ensure referrals to specialists and inpatient care.
—Phil Galewitz | Kff Health News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2024
Two patients had been at L.A. County General Hospital’s acute inpatient psychiatric unit for 423 days and 593 days, the report said.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
One such initiative is the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, established during the pandemic, which allowed hospitals to extend inpatient care to patients' homes.
—Jiang Li, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Months of rehabilitation followed: three brain surgeries and three months in hospitals and inpatient rehab.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Syringes of the opioid painkiller fentanyl are shown in an inpatient pharmacy on June 1, 2018, in Salt Lake City.
—CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024
Studies have shown that patients who are boarded in the emergency department rather than having an inpatient bed, the mortality goes up.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2024
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inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
Medical Definition
inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
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