as in inpatient
a person who goes to a doctor's office or hospital for treatment but who does not spend the night there
—often used before another noun
outpatient surgery It was a minor procedure that could be performed at an outpatient clinic.
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Providence health care system, which serves five Western states including California, also announced that some of its outpatient services, such as doctors' offices, were closed but that its hospitals remain open.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
This map from the CDC uses the proportion of outpatient visits to health care providers for influenza-like illness (ILI) to measure the level within a state.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
At week 52—ending on December 28—the percentage of outpatient visits related to influenza-like illnesses (ILI) hit about 6.76 percent, then ticked down the first week of 2025 (week 1).
—Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025
The rural emergency hospital model, created in 2020, helps qualifying rural facilities to maintain access to essential emergency and outpatient hospital services, also by providing higher Medicare payments.
—Cody Mullen, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2025
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
This map from the CDC uses the proportion of outpatient visits to health care providers for influenza-like illness (ILI) to measure the level within a state.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
At week 52—ending on December 28—the percentage of outpatient visits related to influenza-like illnesses (ILI) hit about 6.76 percent, then ticked down the first week of 2025 (week 1).
—Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025
The rural emergency hospital model, created in 2020, helps qualifying rural facilities to maintain access to essential emergency and outpatient hospital services, also by providing higher Medicare payments.
—Cody Mullen, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for outpatient
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“Outpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpatient. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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