Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A patient who is admitted to a hospital or clinic for treatment that requires at least one overnight stay.
- adjective Of or relating to inpatients or their care.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A patient who is lodged and fed as well as treated in a hospital or infirmary. See
out-patient .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from
outpatient .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
patient whosetreatment needs at least onenight 'sresidence in ahospital ; ahospitalized patient .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
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Examples
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The psychology practicum student will be afforded the opportunity to develop skills in inpatient consultation with a rehabilitation population, including inpatient children and adolescents and their families.
Practicum Training 2010
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After threats to run away, he cooperated with his admission to an adolescent long-term inpatient unit.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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CHRISTUS Marian Center, the Salt Lake Valley's premier long-term inpatient acute psychiatric program, with its 12 psychiatric beds.
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� Use the latest assessment tools, clinical interventions and treatments with outpatient, short-term rehabilitation and long-term inpatient populations
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� Use the latest assessment tools, clinical interventions and treatments with outpatient, short-term rehabilitation and long-term inpatient populations
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The pain is moving up her leg, so Connors is considering a long-term inpatient program: one to three months of hospitalization.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Services, which recommended two long-term inpatient treatment programs, Akeela House and
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These clinics have served about 20,000 people this year alone, offering basic ambulatory and short-term inpatient care, perinatal and maternal care, immunizations, pediatric care and emergency transport.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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