hospitalization

/,hɔspitəlai'zeiʃn/
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hospitalization

A patient rests in a hospital bed during their hospitalization.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • The act or process of placing someone in a hospital for medical care and treatment. This refers to the formal admission of a patient into a hospital.
    • The condition or state of being hospitalized; the period during which one is a patient in a hospital. This refers to the experience or duration of the stay itself.
    • (Chiefly US) The cost or coverage related to hospital care. This is often used in the context of insurance.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • The doctor recommended immediate hospitalization for the infection.
    • Her hospitalization lasted three weeks following the surgery.
    • The insurance policy includes full coverage for hospitalization.
Advanced Usage
  • "To require hospitalization": to need medical care that must be provided in a hospital setting.
    • The injury was severe enough to require hospitalization.
  • "Length of hospitalization": the duration of a hospital stay.
    • Advances in medicine have reduced the average length of hospitalization for this procedure.
Variants and Related Words
  • Hospitalize (verb): to admit or place someone in a hospital.
    • They had to hospitalize the patient overnight for observation.
  • Hospital (noun): the institution where hospitalization occurs.
Synonyms
  • Hospital care: Medical treatment received as an inpatient.
  • Inpatient treatment: Treatment requiring an overnight stay in a hospital or clinic.
  • Confinement (archaic/formal in this context): A period of being confined to a hospital.
Related Phrases
  • Hospitalization insurance: Insurance that covers the costs of a hospital stay.
    • It is crucial to have good hospitalization insurance.
  • Avoid hospitalization: To prevent the need for being admitted to a hospital.
    • The new treatment aims to avoid hospitalization for chronic patients.
hospitalization

A patient rests in a hospital bed during their hospitalization.

Noun
  1. placing in medical care in a hospital
  2. insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense
  3. the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital
    • he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization
  4. a period of time when you are confined to a hospital
    • now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization

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