Thesaurus results for INPATIENT

inpatient

noun

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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 According to the American Diabetes Association, the cost of diabetes in the U.S. in 2022 was over $400 billion, mostly on hospital inpatient care, medications and diabetes management supplies. —

Mariya Filipova, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 The team took the character from an inpatient at the bleak psychiatric facility to her bold self-actualization as mercurial antihero Harley Quinn. —

Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2024 Austin, Texas, for example, has multiple health systems, but HCA Healthcare and Ascension Health capture 85% of the inpatient market, KFF said. —

Maya Goldman, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024 This method can be an outpatient or inpatient procedure. —

Carisa Brewster, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for inpatient