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inpatient

inpatient

16 3.9
A person who stays in a hospital to get treatment
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnˌpeɪʃənt/
translation icon : paciente hospitalizado
  • During her stay, the inpatient received round-the-clock care from the hospital staff.
  • inpatient or outpatient
  • inpatient care
  • inpatient hospital

That's like when you think of the regular inpatient in hospital that's Med surg.

Examples

  • Two groups of adolescents on an inpatient psychiatric unit received conversational skills training.

    Academic text (1994)
  • For example, we now have doctors who work only with inpatients, home treatment, or in the community.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Public satisfaction with hospital inpatients at its highest for more than two decades.

  • Area 6 is restricted to inpatients only.

  • Almost two-thirds of this population had neither an inpatient stay nor any outpatient surgery in either period.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Forging links with the diabetes inpatient specialist nurse is also helpful.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Narrow definitions of permissible inpatient mental health care can create dangerous and ineffective services.

    Academic text (1994)
  • For any management program in elderly chronic care inpatients to be effective, it must be practical and feasible.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Most patients from whom a serum sample was obtained were inpatients aged 15-44 years.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Hospitals desire to positively affect their financial picture by increasing inpatient oncology admissions and outpatient use.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

patient
vsinpatient
1.9

A person who is getting medical care from a doctor or hospital

means someone who stays admitted for treatment rather than any person receiving care
in hospital
vsinpatient
  • UK
5 2.5

Being a patient in a hospital to get medical treatment

refers to someone admitted to stay for treatment rather than just receiving care

Antonyms

outpatient
  • Specialized
41 4.1

A person who gets medical treatment at a clinic or hospital but goes home the same day

How Long

inpatient
16 3.9
outpatient
  • Specialized
41 4.1

Surface Forms

inpatient singular
inpatients plural

Morphology

inpatient = patient (semi-transparent) = in + patient

The parts suggest a patient who is 'in', but the precise hospital meaning of an admitted resident patient is a specialized institutional use. [Postprocessing: moved 'in' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word inpatient has two parts: in- meaning 'in' and patient meaning a person 'receiving care'. So an inpatient is someone who stays in a hospital to get treatment rather than going home the same day.