An outpatient is someone who receives treatment at a hospital but does not spend the night there.
...the outpatient clinic.
She received psychiatric care as an outpatient.
outpatient in British English
(ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃənt)
noun
a nonresident hospital patient
Compare inpatient
outpatient in American English
(ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃənt)
noun
a patient who is treated at a hospital, clinic, etc. and leaves without becoming an inpatient
outpatient in Insurance
(aʊtpeɪʃənt)
Word forms: (regular plural) outpatients
noun
(Insurance: Medical insurance)
An outpatient is someone who goes to a hospital for treatment but does not stay overnight.
Hospital benefits include reimbursement for both inpatient and outpatient medical care expenses.
Medical services that are provided on an outpatient or non-hospitalized basis may include diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
An outpatient is someone who goes to a hospital for treatment but does not stay overnight.
inpatient
Examples of 'outpatient' in a sentence
outpatient
My doctor scheduled outpatient surgery right away.
Christianity Today (2000)
They offer outpatient care and have advisers to tell parents what steps to take.
The Sun (2011)
They offer outpatient care and have advisers to help parents.
The Sun (2012)
Her health suffered while she was on a waiting list for outpatient treatment and counselling.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They are given outpatient care for between nine and 18 months.
The Sun (2012)
She spent a year receiving treatment in an outpatient clinic in London.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A hospital outpatient appointment would then be required only if specialist management is needed.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He could be sent home for outpatient care within weeks, or spend his life in a secure hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This can be done by going along to your cardiologist's outpatient clinic and asking the people who attend.
Wallace, Louise M & Bundy, Christine Coping with Angina (1990)
For financial reasons these now need to be done on an outpatient basis, and that is certainly not ideal.
Laszlo, John (MD) Understanding Cancer (1987)
Then ask your doctor if you can be referred as an outpatient at hospital on the NHS.
The Sun (2010)
Setting up GP direct access pathways will cut the need for an initial consultation at the outpatient clinic.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
GPs also have admitting rights to hospitals, and much outpatient care is provided in doctors' surgeries.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
My first placement, as a naive young woman, was in an outpatient psychiatric department in a flagship hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
My hospital outpatient slots are 15 minutes long and average GP slots are ten minutes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Los Angeles by phone after the show and discussed the routine surgery she would undergo the next day, a minor throat procedure at an outpatient clinic.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Patients are taught how to treat themselves without calling on the services of their GP, hospital outpatient or accident and emergency department.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Medical experts now say it was too risky for outpatient surgery and should have taken place under general anaesthetic, according to US reports.
The Sun (2014)
In other languages
outpatient
British English: outpatient NOUN
An outpatient is someone who receives treatment at a hospital but does not spend the night there.