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/ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃ(ə)nt/ · noun
(healthcare) 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.
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.
It is outpatient and prepaid.
Use outpatient when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Outpatient means (healthcare) A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care..
Common synonyms include ambulatory.
Possible antonyms include inpatient, inmate.
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.
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