outpatient

/ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃ(ə)nt/

noun 1adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

inpatient, prepaid

VERB + OUTPATIENT

going, participating, work

OUTPATIENT + NOUN

clinic, procedure, treatment, whitacre

PREP.

in, into, than, up

Definitions

noun

A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.

An empty shop at Birmingham New Street station has been converted into an NHS outpatient clinic, to enable patients to have routine blood tests away from hospital.

adj

Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient.

MR. MILLER: It is more outpatient than it is inpatient.

The changes are necessary because "health care is going more outpatient than inpatient," Whitacre said.

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Example Bank

An empty shop at Birmingham New Street station has been converted into an NHS outpatient clinic, to enable patients to have routine blood tests away from hospital.

Wiktionary

MR. MILLER: It is more outpatient than it is inpatient.

Wiktionary

The changes are necessary because "health care is going more outpatient than inpatient," Whitacre said.

Wiktionary

It is outpatient and prepaid.

Wiktionary

An outpatient clinic is the part of a hospital designated for the treatment of outpatients.

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Larry is participating in an outpatient treatment program.

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