as in inpatient
a person who goes to a doctor's office or hospital for treatment but who does not spend the night there
—often used before another noun
outpatient surgery It was a minor procedure that could be performed at an outpatient clinic.
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Recent Examples of outpatient
Just this year, King Charles was diagnosed with cancer and began receiving treatment as an outpatient.
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 4 Dec. 2024
Hospital outpatient departments can bill Medicare more than $1,000 for an echocardiogram, a service that costs taxpayers just $350 at a doctor’s office.
—David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024
McConnell suffered a concussion and fractured rib from the incident, requiring hospitalization and outpatient rehabilitation that forced him to miss six weeks on Capitol Hill.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
At the time, Trump also proposed extending the model to include Medicare outpatient (Part D) pharmaceuticals.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 4 Dec. 2024
Hospital outpatient departments can bill Medicare more than $1,000 for an echocardiogram, a service that costs taxpayers just $350 at a doctor’s office.
—David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024
McConnell suffered a concussion and fractured rib from the incident, requiring hospitalization and outpatient rehabilitation that forced him to miss six weeks on Capitol Hill.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
At the time, Trump also proposed extending the model to include Medicare outpatient (Part D) pharmaceuticals.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Outpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpatient. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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