inpatient
16
3.9
- noun
- /ˈɪnˌpeɪʃənt/
:
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.
- That's like when you think of the regular inpatient in hospital that's Med surg.
Examples
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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.
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Area 6 is restricted to inpatients only.
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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
∞
1.9
A person who is getting medical care from a doctor or hospital
5
2.5
Being a patient in a hospital to get medical treatment
Antonyms
- Specialized
41
4.1
A person who gets medical treatment at a clinic or hospital but goes home the same day
How Long
16
3.9
- Specialized
41
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.