outpatient

or out-pa·tient

[ out-pey-shuhnt ]

noun

1. a patient who receives treatment at a hospital, as in an emergency room or clinic, but is not hospitalized.

outpatient

/ ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃənt /

noun

1. a nonresident hospital patient Compare inpatient

Word History and Origins

Origin of outpatient¹

First recorded in 1705–15; out- + patient

Example Sentences

“I've been struggling with persistent anaemia for some time, and they finally decided to figure out why, so I had some outpatient surgery last week,” she explains.

From BBC

It hit an area between buildings filled with makeshift shelters, next to an outdoor outpatient waiting area that had no one there at night, Anna Halford, MSF's emergency coordinator in Gaza who was not at the hospital during the strike, said in a phone call from Deir al-Balah.

From BBC

A DSH representative reiterated it was the courts that “decide if an individual designated as an SVP may be placed into outpatient treatment.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Evidence from the outpatient setting demonstrates that female physicians spend more time on the electronic health record than male counterparts and deliver higher-quality care. In the surgical realm, female physicians spend longer on a surgical procedure and have lower rates of postoperative readmissions. We need to be asking ourselves how to provide the training and incentives so that all doctors can emulate the care provided by female physicians.”

From Los Angeles Times

In the 2000s, as this sea change was underway, Mark Zimmerman was the director of outpatient psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital, in Providence.

From Slate

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