inpatient care
Stay-in medical treatment
Inpatient care is medical treatment requiring overnight hospitalization.
The patient stays in the facility—hospital, psychiatric unit, rehabilitation center—for continuous monitoring and care.
Distinguished from outpatient care, where patients go home the same day: Her surgery required three days of inpatient care.
Insurance often covers inpatient and outpatient services differently.
- hospitalistDoctor treating admitted patients
- attending physicianSenior doctor supervising care
- nursing stationMedical staff workspace on ward
- psychiatric hospitalFacility for mental treatment
- admission processSteps to gain entry
nurse practitioner · bed rest · round the clock · vital signs · mental health services · rehabilitation center · length of stay · overnight stay · recovery room · crisis intervention · psychotherapy · group therapy · surgery · emergency room · social worker · maternity ward · IV · intensive
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- medical caresurgery, examination, injection, prescription, medication
- rehabilitationrehab, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, outpatient rehab
- treatmentstreatment, treatments, medication, medicine, therapies
- Psychiatrydiagnosis, symptoms, treatment, medication, psychiatrist
inpatient careoutpatient care
Healthcare without hospitalization
ambulatory care · outpatient treatment · outpatient services · day surgery · telemedicine
inpatient carehome care
Assistance provided at residence
home health care · community care · self-care · home nursing · assisted living