as in outpatient
a person who stays for one or more nights in a hospital for medical treatment
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inpatient surgery It was inpatient treatment that required a lengthy hospital stay.
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In the United States, women can stay at general psychiatric wards or in one of the few inpatient psychiatric facilities that specialize in perinatal mental health care.
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Theara Coleman, theweek, 18 Oct. 2024
According to the American Diabetes Association, the cost of diabetes in the U.S. in 2022 was over $400 billion, mostly on hospital inpatient care, medications and diabetes management supplies.
—Mariya Filipova, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
The team took the character from an inpatient at the bleak psychiatric facility to her bold self-actualization as mercurial antihero Harley Quinn.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Austin, Texas, for example, has multiple health systems, but HCA Healthcare and Ascension Health capture 85% of the inpatient market, KFF said.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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Theara Coleman, theweek, 18 Oct. 2024
According to the American Diabetes Association, the cost of diabetes in the U.S. in 2022 was over $400 billion, mostly on hospital inpatient care, medications and diabetes management supplies.
—Mariya Filipova, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
The team took the character from an inpatient at the bleak psychiatric facility to her bold self-actualization as mercurial antihero Harley Quinn.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Austin, Texas, for example, has multiple health systems, but HCA Healthcare and Ascension Health capture 85% of the inpatient market, KFF said.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Inpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inpatient. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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