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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Recent Examples of outpatient
Among them, any clients receiving less than nine hours of outpatient treatment per week would not be eligible for state funding and would be forced to relocate.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
Since August 2000, Lakeside has been owned by Universal Health Services, a for-profit corporation that operates hundreds of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health facilities, in addition to psychiatric hospitals, and made $16 billion in revenues last year.
—ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2025
Usman’s twin boys were among more than 55,000 children receiving therapeutic food in Borno before the program was abruptly ended earlier this year, following a US funding cut, according to Mercy Corps, which operated three outpatient nutrition clinics in northeast Nigeria.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Patients, who typically got care in HIV clinics open just two days each week, can now be seen more often at hospital outpatient departments and health centers, Isabirye says.
—Brian Simpson, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
Since August 2000, Lakeside has been owned by Universal Health Services, a for-profit corporation that operates hundreds of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health facilities, in addition to psychiatric hospitals, and made $16 billion in revenues last year.
—ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2025
Usman’s twin boys were among more than 55,000 children receiving therapeutic food in Borno before the program was abruptly ended earlier this year, following a US funding cut, according to Mercy Corps, which operated three outpatient nutrition clinics in northeast Nigeria.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Patients, who typically got care in HIV clinics open just two days each week, can now be seen more often at hospital outpatient departments and health centers, Isabirye says.
—Brian Simpson, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outpatient
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpatient
Noun
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Outpatient services at the neighboring hospital were suspended and around 3,500 inpatients were evacuated, per the Post.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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This week Sophia will move from acute care to an inpatient rehabilitation program, according to the statement.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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Seeking a faster, more affordable option, researchers at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea are developing a technique that can create patient-specific bone implants without the high costs or delays of traditional methods.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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The company says that about 30% of the 1,000 patients treated in this initial phase reported feeling more confident about navigating menopause after one visit and 75% began hormone therapy treatments.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Outpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpatient. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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