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 Delays in care can allow symptoms to escalate, increasing the likelihood of emergency room visits or inpatient stays — outcomes that are more disruptive and expensive. —

Dr. David Pryor, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026 While the system has seen an increase in Martin County patients, the wait times primarily stem from shortages of inpatient and behavioral health beds, Wudkwych said. —

Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 May 2026 Lisa Baxter, the clinical director of the inpatient wound and ostomy care team at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, said her team uses maggot therapy once or twice a year, usually for patients who can’t have surgery. —

Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 17 May 2026 The family is now preparing for what could be a 12- to 18-month wait for a donor heart while Walker remains inpatient at Boston Children’s Hospital. —

Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for inpatient

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Noun

Extensivists followed patients across inpatient and outpatient settings.

— Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
The center describes its three-week immersion as a way to develop, in a condensed window, the practices and behaviors that might otherwise take years to build through outpatient therapy alone.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026