hospital stay
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhospitalandstay
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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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stay
noun
uk/steɪ/us/steɪ/
a period of time that you spend in ...
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(Definition ofhospitalandstayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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During herhospitalstayshe met me regularly to ask about the disease and to ask for assistance with practical tasks.
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The total mortality rate included all deaths that occurred during thehospitalstay, independent of the underlying cause, among patients with bacteraemia.
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In this study, nasal and stool culture were performed only on admission and were not repeated later during thehospitalstay.
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Additional modifications were explored through adjustment of the distribution of daily costs incurred during ahospitalstay.
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All these patients had been exposed to long priorhospitalstaysince they were inpatients before admission to our unit.
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There was no effect on duration of delirium, or length ofhospitalstay.
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However, this presumes that these patients can be identified before thehospitalstay.
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During thehospitalstay, he became desaturated with pulse oximetry dropping to the low 50s.
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The children who acquired rotavirus infection during theirhospitalstaycomprised less than 7 % of the sample.
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Average length ofhospitalstaywas 3 months.
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The medianhospitalstaywas 4 days (2 to 23 days).
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Furthermore, a single dose may be equally effective and decrease bothhospitalstayand overall cost.
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In a note from his 2-monthhospitalstay, the physicians describe him as detached and hard to activate.
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Finally, according to equally measured activity performance criteria (data on nursing activities, treatment profiles, andhospitalstay), university hospitals may require higher funding.
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However, as time from discharge from the indexhospitalstayincreases, so does the contribution of other, for instance organizational, factors.
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The list of levels of care required is the same for inappropriate hospital admissions and inappropriate hospital days if continuedhospitalstayis not needed.
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The mean length ofhospitalstaywas 5.9 days.
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It is simple, repeatable if necessary, carries low risk, produces no scar, and requires only a shorthospitalstay.
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