rehospitalize
Return to care
To rehospitalize is to admit someone to a hospital again after a previous discharge.
The term appears most often in medical contexts discussing patient outcomes: The goal is to reduce rehospitalization rates among elderly patients.
A patient who returns too soon may indicate inadequate initial treatment or poor follow-up care.
Acceptance back in
- inpatientAdmitted overnight patient
- admitConfess or grant entry
- wardProtected person; division
- emergencySerious sudden danger
transfer · intake · bed · triage · referral · discharge · observation · stabilization
Reverse in progress
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- worseningBecoming more severe
- exacerbationMaking something more severe
- declineDecrease or refuse
regression · decompensation · flare-up · complication · recurrence · backslide · destabilization · crisis
Subsequent action on something
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- outpatientTreated without admission
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- adherenceFaithful following of something
readmission
Acceptance back in
emergency · transfer · intake · bed · triage · referral · discharge · observation · stabilization · overnight
setback
Reverse in progress
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- worseningBecoming more severe
- exacerbationMaking something more severe
decline · regression · decompensation · flare-up · complication · recurrence · backslide · destabilization · crisis · rebound
follow-up
Subsequent action on something
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- outpatientTreated without admission
- complianceAdhering to requirements