hospital bed
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhospitalandbed
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hospital
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈhɒs.pɪ.təl/us/ˈhɑː.spɪ.t̬əl/
a place where people who are ill or injured are treated and taken care of by doctors ...
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bed
noun
uk/bed/us/bed/
a large, rectangular piece of furniture, often with four legs, used for ...
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(Definition ofhospitalandbedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Families have protestedhospitalbedclosures and pushed for community treatment orders and community support services.
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The team must be available around the clock and ahospitalbedmust be available, if needed, as back-up.
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This was the case for home help, clinical physiologic investigations, andhospitalbed-days after transfer to another hospital and at readmissions.
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The philosophy is to move the patient out of the acutehospitalbedwhile undergoing rehabilitation prior to discharge.
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Instead, all patients who had a history of in-patient care were screened and ranked according to their previous psychiatrichospitalbeduse.
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Further, the amount spent perhospitalbedin the city was three times that spent per bed in the rural areas.
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An index variable forhospitalbed-day costs was not a significant predictor.
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Firstly, the main clinical impact of influenza is usually compressed into an epidemic period of 6-10 weeks so its effect onhospitalbedusage is felt particularly acutely.
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Hospitalbedsystem dimensional and assessment guidance to reduce entrapment from bedrails.
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Marcia spent many days (and nights) on a chair next to hishospitalbed.
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He was a college-educated man who, in hishospitalbed, hooked up to a variety of high-tech equipment, was learning how to use his new computer.
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The coefficients for all other potential variables, including an index of the cost of ahospitalbed-day, were not statistically significant and were excluded from the models.
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Giving even higher priority to better control of psychiatric symptoms and avoidinghospitalbeduse whenever possible may have made the study intervention more cost effective.
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No urgent case has been refused ahospitalbed.
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Bedsteads (not being aseptichospitalbedsteads) made wholly or mainly of metal.
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I am, however, concerned about thehospitalbedprovision.
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She needed medication, medical care, nursing care and ahospitalbed.
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But if an immigrant needs ahospitalbed, they also man the hospitals.
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Will ahospitalbedbe available if my child is suddenly sick?
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