inpatient

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 In contrast to conventional inpatient rehab, which typically addresses addiction as a disease and has staff trained in medicine and social services, therapeutic communities see addiction as a symptom of a person’s deeper pain and behavioral problems. Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 The Record said the death was ruled a suicide and that the man had walked away from an inpatient psychiatric facility a few days before the jump. 1994 Sometime in 1994 — The Bee could not verify a specific date —Albert Rodriguez, 58 and of San Jose, died. Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025 MedPAC will also recommend a 3% decrease in Medicare payments for nursing homes and a 7% decrease for both home health and inpatient rehabilitation providers. Maya Goldman, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025 Two of the carts are for the inpatient therapy unit at the AbilityLab, one is in the outpatient therapy unit and the other can go where needed. Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for inpatient 

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“Inpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inpatient. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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