inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt 
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
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Connor said every physician does a psychiatry rotation, but most of it is focused on inpatient care — not where most people receive psychiatric services.
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Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2024
The cuts have shuttered an inpatient hospice facility, will close a center for patients managing high blood pressure, and removed a nurse who worked within rural schools.
—Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 8 June 2024
When inpatient beds are filled, doctors respond by boarding patients who need to be admitted in the emergency department — a practice that increases how long others must wait to be seen.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
Down the hall, another sick patient is hospitalized the same three nights, but all three nights are classified as inpatient.
—Wendell Primus, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2024
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Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2024
The cuts have shuttered an inpatient hospice facility, will close a center for patients managing high blood pressure, and removed a nurse who worked within rural schools.
—Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 8 June 2024
When inpatient beds are filled, doctors respond by boarding patients who need to be admitted in the emergency department — a practice that increases how long others must wait to be seen.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
Down the hall, another sick patient is hospitalized the same three nights, but all three nights are classified as inpatient.
—Wendell Primus, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for inpatient
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inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
Medical Definition
inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
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