as in outpatient
a person who stays for one or more nights in a hospital for medical treatment
—often used before another noun
inpatient surgery It was inpatient treatment that required a lengthy hospital stay.
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Recent Examples of inpatient
In and out of treatment Jake went to treatment for the first time — a 30-day, inpatient program — at the Hazelden Betty Ford Treatment Center for Teens, Young Adults and Families in Plymouth in 2013.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2025
Other Medicare provider rules, including those for inpatient care, come out in April.
—Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
The system is expanding its use of AI scribes to ER physicians and advanced practitioners and plans to roll them out to inpatient physicians next.
—Erin Brodwin, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
After winning four titles in the 1980s, the Niners lost to Dallas on back-to-back conference title games in the 1992-93 seasons, creating a sense of urgency for notoriously inpatient owner Eddie DeBartolo.
—Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2025
Other Medicare provider rules, including those for inpatient care, come out in April.
—Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
The system is expanding its use of AI scribes to ER physicians and advanced practitioners and plans to roll them out to inpatient physicians next.
—Erin Brodwin, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
After winning four titles in the 1980s, the Niners lost to Dallas on back-to-back conference title games in the 1992-93 seasons, creating a sense of urgency for notoriously inpatient owner Eddie DeBartolo.
—Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Inpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inpatient. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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