hospitalization
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- noun
- /ˌhɑːspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
:
seguro de hospitalización
- Hospital indemnity plan, with a benefit for covered hospitalization of up to $250 a day.
- hospitalization insurance
- cost of hospitalization
Examples
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The provinces administer their hospitalization insurance plans in different fashions.
Academic text (1996) -
Instead, companies began offering fringe benefits, and hospitalization insurance became a popular job perk.
Academic text (1999) -
But her own hospitalization plan had encouraged her to do so.
Fiction book (2002) -
The records from this hospitalization could not be obtained.
Academic text (1996) -
A hospital social worker is notified if the patient expresses a concern about the expense of hospitalization.
Academic text (2002) -
As with hospitalization insurance, Canadians pay no deductibles or copayments.
Academic text (1996) -
Most insurers historically have paid the cost of hospitalization, outpatient care, and physician care for patients undergoing treatment while participating in clinical trials.
Academic text (1993) -
Hospitalization insurance helps cover the costs associated with a patient's stay in the hospital.
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Many employers provide hospitalization coverage as part of their employee benefits packages.
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The rise in hospitalization costs has led to increased interest in health insurance options.
Synonyms
Money that helps pay hospital bills during a stay
Compounds
How Comprehensive
- US
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Surface Forms
Morphology
hospitalization = hospitalize (transparent) = hospital + ize + ation
The insurance sense is a metonymic extension (insurance for periods of hospital care) but remains transparently related to the core concept of being hospitalized.
Etymology
Hospitalization can also mean the insurance that pays for a hospital stay, and this sense still links to hospital from the Latin hospes 'guest'. In this use, think of the insurance as money that helps cover being a hospital 'guest' while you get care.