outpatient
pronunciation
How to pronounce outpatient in British English:
UK [ˈaʊtpeɪʃnt]
How to pronounce outpatient in American English:
US [ˈaʊtpeɪʃnt]
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- Noun:
- a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
Word Origin
- outpatient (n.)
- also out-patient, 1715, "person who is treated at a hospital but not admitted," from out + patient (n.). The adjective is first recorded 1879.
Antonym
Example
- 1. The rice university article reveals that these materials were created by scotland l. moore , an outpatient from the houston state psychiatric institute .
- 2. But staying calm in the face of other people 's anger is routine business for ms. smith , who takes outpatient calls at a san francisco medical center .
- 3. Already the prices for these drugs have come down by 30 % to 50 % , which has also reduced the cost of inpatient and outpatient care , according to dr. chen .
- 4. Yet they handled fewer outpatient appointments and day cases apiece than their counterparts in england , and earlier figures suggest that their rate of inpatient admissions may have been lower too .
- 5. Lower-cost ways of delivering healthcare , such as home service and outpatient centres , are booming .