rehospitalization
- noun
- /ˌriːˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
- After her previous hospitalization, she was concerned about the possibility of rehospitalization due to her ongoing health issues.
- predictors of rehospitalization
- hazard of rehospitalization
- rehospitalization and discharge
Examples
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Hospitals are including case management functions in the hospital social work role to meet cost-control mandates by preventing rehospitalization.
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In addition, an effort was made to contact family members, friends, or professionals to verify rehospitalizations.
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The model in Figure 1 proposed that patient involvement would be a central factor in the process leading to rehospitalization.
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Statistical interactions indicate that work problems are more related to rehospitalization for men than for women.
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Discharge placement itself, whether to a home or to an institutional setting, did have a direct effect on rehospitalization.
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The dependent variable, rehospitalization, was obtained on the second interview and was based on the situation 30 days after discharge.
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The other factor that has a direct influence on rehospitalization is the degree of the patient's involvement in the discharge placement process.
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Patient involvement is also assumed to have an indirect effect on rehospitalization through its impact on the placement decision.
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No further statistically significant correlations were noted between rehospitalization and the remaining variables.
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However, there are contradicting data regarding vaccination and rehospitalization due to pneumonia.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
Putting a person back into a hospital or other care institution
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
rehospitalization = rehospitalize (transparent) = re + hospital + ization
This is a regular noun formation from the verb 'rehospitalize' meaning the act or process of doing it.
Etymology
The word rehospitalization is made from re- meaning 'again' and hospital, a place for sick people whose name once meant 'guest', as in hospitality. So rehospitalization means being admitted to a hospital 'again'.