inpatient facility

Overnight medical center

An inpatient facility is a medical institution where patients stay overnight or longer while receiving treatment.

Hospitals, psychiatric wards, and rehabilitation centers are inpatient facilities, distinguished from outpatient clinics where patients arrive for appointments and leave the same day: She was transferred to an inpatient facility for intensive monitoring.

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hospital bed · psychiatric · mental health · rehab · treatment · clinic · overnight · stay · round the clock · nursing staff · nurses · medical · medical records · detox · recovery · discharge · gown · IV

Opposites
patient residency status

inpatient facilityoutpatient clinic

Medical facility without hospitalization

walk-in clinic · doctor's office · diagnostic center · infusion center · dialysis center

institutional vs. home care

inpatient facilityhome care

Assistance provided at residence

home health care · in-home care · home hospice · private residence · home nursing

formality of care setting

inpatient facilityself-care

Maintaining personal wellbeing

home remedy · wellness center · community health worker · folk medicine

Family

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