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Definition of Hospitalization
1. Noun. A period of time when you are confined to a hospital. "Now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization"
2. Noun. The condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital. "He hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization"
3. Noun. Insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense.
4. Noun. Placing in medical care in a hospital.
Generic synonyms: Medical Aid, Medical Care
Derivative terms: Hospitalise, Hospitalize
Definition of Hospitalization
1. Noun. The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital. ¹
2. Noun. Insurance that pays a patient's expenses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hospitalization
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hospitalization
1. The confinement of a patient in a hospital. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hospitalization
Literary usage of Hospitalization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Overview of Addiction Treatment Effectiveness by Mim J. Landry (1996)
"This continuum of treatment includes (1) inpatient hospitalization, (2) residential
treatment, (3) intensive outpatient treatment, and (4) outpatient ..."
2. Report on Medical and Surgical Developments of the War by William Seaman Bainbridge (1919)
"FIXATION OF THE BASE OF hospitalization AND THE SURGICAL MEASURES NEEDED FOR AN
... Their debit and their hospitalization. 3. Their surgical liquidation. 1. ..."
3. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1921)
"... —hospitalization—Removal of Patients and Contaminated Articles—Concurrent ...
and Well Persons—Attendance at Schools and Gatherings—hospitalization, ..."
4. Employee Benefits in Medium and Large Private Establishments (1993) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Non-HMO plan participants generally pay a higher percentage of total health care
expenses than HMO participants.9 Alternatives to hospitalization To help ..."
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