as in outpatient
a person who stays for one or more nights in a hospital for medical treatment
—often used before another noun
inpatient surgery It was inpatient treatment that required a lengthy hospital stay.
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Recent Examples of inpatient
Both facilities are listed among the state’s slate of aging hospitals that need further seismic upgrades by 2030, the date by which they must be upgraded or no longer used for inpatient care.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
During the week ending Feb. 22, the most recent week for which data is available, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that just 1.3% of inpatient beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients as well as 1.3% of intensive care unit beds.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
The donation from Roberts and his wife, Aileen Roberts, establishes Roberts Children’s Health, a 20-story inpatient tower that is expected to open in 2028.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
With this in mind, Suffolk County officials said anyone who visited Cohen’s pediatric ER on March 3 and 4, or who was an inpatient child on the Medicine 3 unit between March 3 and March 6, were potentially at risk.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
During the week ending Feb. 22, the most recent week for which data is available, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that just 1.3% of inpatient beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients as well as 1.3% of intensive care unit beds.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
The donation from Roberts and his wife, Aileen Roberts, establishes Roberts Children’s Health, a 20-story inpatient tower that is expected to open in 2028.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
With this in mind, Suffolk County officials said anyone who visited Cohen’s pediatric ER on March 3 and 4, or who was an inpatient child on the Medicine 3 unit between March 3 and March 6, were potentially at risk.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Inpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inpatient. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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