outpatient
noun
Examples of outpatient in a Sentence
Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
The study looked at health records from 18,000 patients who had gone to a Johns Hopkins outpatient clinic from January to September 2023.
—Sara G. Miller, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2024
Their price increases from $164 to $339 when the hospital sends them to an outpatient clinic.
—Rob Davidson, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
Roughly 109,000 people are hospitalized each year and 2.27 million outpatient clinic visits are blamed on the virus.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Parolees may have to wait weeks or months for an inpatient bed, and might participate only sporadically in outpatient, virtual treatment.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2024
The 95,000-square-foot center will be the largest of Eskenazi's more than a dozen outpatient clinics.
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Patients in the intensive outpatient program typically meet for three hours, three times per week, Collier said, which includes group therapy sessions.
—Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
Atlantic offers medication management, individual therapy and group therapy as part of their outpatient program, and Welch has been active in encouraging patients as part of the new partnership.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2024
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Word History
1715, in the meaning defined above
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