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to rehospitalize

to rehospitalize

6.5
Admit someone to a hospital again after they left the hospital
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈhɒspɪtəlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : rehospitalizar
  • Patients discharged home were more likely to be rehospitalized within 30 days.
  • likely to be rehospitalized
  • rehospitalized patients

Examples

  • Many patients experience anxiety about being rehospitalized after their discharge from the hospital.

  • Yet we cannot expect family members to understand why being rehospitalized is so hard on their loved one without talking to them about it.

    Blog text (20)
  • Patients were often rehospitalized in the years following their initial event, and a few had a subsequent arrest.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Meanwhile, friends are rehospitalized because they get terrible infections from surgery.

    Blog text (5)
  • As also hypothesized, males are more likely to be rehospitalized with cognitive impairments, such as confused thinking, disturbing thoughts, and memory loss.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Homeless female veterans who abuse substances are also more likely to be rehospitalized than their male counterparts because of limited social support, family and friend problems, depression, stress, and suicidal thoughts.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Controlling for health and socioeconomic factors, the main determinant of readmission was the discharge placement; those placed back into the community for care in the home were more likely to be rehospitalized than those discharged to institutions.

    Academic text (1994)
  • After his surgery, John was worried he might need to rehospitalize due to complications.

  • The doctor explained that if the patient's symptoms worsened, he might have to rehospitalize her for further treatment.

Antonyms

to discharge
  • Formal
100 4.4

Officially release someone from a duty, job, or responsibility

Surface Forms

rehospitalize infinitive
rehospitalized past participle
rehospitalizing present participle
rehospitalizes third person singular

Morphology

rehospitalize = hospitalize (transparent) = re + hospital + ize

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'again' to 'hospitalize'.

Etymology

Rehospitalize joins re- ('again') and hospital ('place for sick people'), so it literally means 'to admit someone to a hospital again'.