outpatient care
No overnight stays
Outpatient care is medical treatment that doesn't require an overnight hospital stay.
A patient arrives, receives care, and goes home the same day: The surgery center specializes in outpatient care.
The term contrasts with inpatient care, where patients are admitted for extended observation or treatment.
- doctor's officeHealthcare provider's workplace
- clinicsOutpatient treatment facilities
- health screeningPreventive diagnostic examination
- telemedicineRemote medical care delivery
- follow-up visitSubsequent medical appointment
walk-in clinic · sick visit · community health centers · ambulatory · diagnostic testing · mental health counseling · vaccinations · blood pressure check · dietitians · social workers · nurse practitioners · physician assistants · mental health services · physical therapy · group therapy · radiologists · phlebotomists · referral
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- medical caresurgery, examination, injection, prescription, medication
- rehabilitationrehab, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, inpatient rehab
- caregivingcaregiver, nurture, look after, watch over, tend to
outpatient careinpatient care
Treatment during hospital stay
hospitalization · inpatient treatment · hospital admission · residential treatment · inpatient services
outpatient careself-care
Maintaining personal wellbeing
home care · institutional care · home health care · intensive care · home nursing
outpatient careintensive care
Specialized treatment for severe illness
critical care · acute care · emergency care · trauma care · life support