Definitions for outpatient
out·pa·tient

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outpatientnoun

   a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outpatientnoun

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

2. outpatientadjective

   Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outpatient

   A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health care provider.

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1. outpatient

   An outpatient is a patient who receives medical treatment, tests, or procedures without being admitted to the hospital for an overnight stay. They visit clinics, medical offices, urgent care centers, emergency departments, or outpatient departments in hospitals for diagnosis or treatment and then leave the same day.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Outpatient

   owt′pā-shent, n. a patient who receives aid from a hospital, but lives outside of it.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of outpatient in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of outpatient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of outpatient in a Sentence

1. Jesse Hurwitz:

   The survey data suggest better spending on healthcare services, in particular at outpatient care facilities and other medical service providers.

2. James Reschovsky:

   The higher prices in hospital outpatient departments are passed on to employers in the form of higher premiums, and ultimately to workers in the form of less generous health benefits, higher premium cost sharing, or lower wages, certainly patients with co-insurance would pay more out-of-pocket when the price of service is higher.

3. The FDA:

   We are also aware of increased use of these medicines through outpatient prescriptions, therefore, we would like to remind health care professionals and patients of the known risks associated with both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine.

4. Bill Urban:

   As medical treatment and evaluations in theater continue, additional service members have been identified as having potential injuries, these service members -- out of an abundance of caution -- have been transported to Landstuhl, Germany, for further evaluations and necessary treatment on an outpatient basis. Given the nature of injuries already noted, it is possible additional injuries may be identified in the future.

5. Laura Ingraham:

   In the state of Washington, a child age 13 up has total control over inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment and also has total privacy rights to that mental health care. So parents are not entitled to know about it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=outpatient
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Outpatient
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outpatient
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=outpatient