hospitalization
22
3.5
- noun
- /ˌhɑːspɪtəˈleɪʃən/
- US
:
hospitalización
- Moreover, suicide attempts are associated with hospitalization, future attempts, and future death by suicide.
- initial hospitalization
- hospitalization rates
- subsequent hospitalization
And yet yet despite all these things, hospitalizations are still shooting up.
- And yet yet despite all these things, hospitalizations are still shooting up.
- One is to reduce the severity of the disease, reduce hospitalizations and reduce deaths.
- But it shows the the links between vaccination and hospitalizations and cases quite nicely.
- We know that young infants are in a high risk group for complications, hospitalizations and deaths.
- And and with the Delta variant is that we're still holding on its ability to prevent hospitalizations and deaths.
- I mean, and, and my hospitalisation came about because I went to the pub and assaulted someone.
- And then finally, a discharge plan or you know, a decision about where the person would go after the hospitalization.
- Wow, when this happened I had to go to a psych ward directly after the physical hospitalization.
- The scary, the potentially hospitalization, the pink sauce.
- Now in the United States, we're seeing the seven day rate of hospitalizations start taking up.
- And that is not proportionate to the deaths or to the hospitalizations.
Examples
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Walker was severely beaten and required hospitalization.
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The health of the population declines and hospitalizations rise, creating pressure on healthcare.
Academic text (2011) -
I can arrange for hospitalization and pain management.
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Only 63 percent of patients who lived at home before hospitalization returned home.
Academic text (2008) -
And a booster is likely going to prevent your risk from hospitalization and death.
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Although half of the patients were independent before hospitalization, 85 percent were largely dependent upon others at discharge.
Academic text (2008) -
According to the Malaysia Ministry of Health, diseases of respiratory system are the second greatest reason for hospitalization and death.
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The child was extubated after 3 weeks, and after 5 weeks of hospitalization, he recovered completely.
Academic text (2013) -
During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, racial/ethnic disparities in hospitalization and mortality rates were reported in the United States.
Academic text (2012) -
After her surgery, Maria's hospitalization lasted for a week to ensure proper recovery.
Synonyms
5
2.1
Doctors and nurses give treatment and nursing to a patient during a hospital stay
Antonyms
- Specialized
41
4.1
A person who gets medical treatment at a clinic or hospital but goes home the same day
Compounds
How Long
- Specialized
1
4.4
- US
22
3.5
16
3.9
- Specialized
41
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
hospitalization = hospitalize (transparent) = hospital + ize + ation
Built from 'hospital' -> 'hospitalize' -> 'hospitalization'; the process/period meaning is directly predictable from these parts.
Etymology
Hospitalization comes from hospital, which goes back to an old Latin word hospes meaning 'guest' or 'host'. A hospital used to be a place for guests to be cared for, so hospitalization is the process of making someone a hospital 'guest' — being admitted to stay for medical care.