outpatient service
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoutpatientandservice
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outpatient
noun[C]
uk/ˈaʊt.peɪ.ʃənt/us/ˈaʊt.peɪ.ʃənt/
a person who goes to a hospital for treatment, but who does not stay any ...
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service
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.vɪs/us/ˈsɝː.vɪs/
a government system or private organization that is responsible for a particular type of activity, or for providing a particular thing that ...
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The fortnightly outpatient clinics were recently suspended but the board is currently considering with the hospital management committee how best to maintain anoutpatientservice.
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The large role of private funding in the region is the result of minimal state involvement in financing outpatient services and pharmaceuticals.
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A third limitation is that the analysis does not explicitly account for substitution of outpatient services for inpatient care.
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Benefis officials also said their charges for inpatient care were still 2.6 percent below those of its peers, while charges foroutpatientservicewere 29.2 percent lower.
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All participants received standard community mental health services, including case management, routine outpatient services and a daytime rehabilitation programme and supported accommodation, if needed.
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Outpatient services are in many instances provided through private "office" facilities.
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These included development of an outline for a comprehensive public health policy that covered inpatient and outpatient services, social services, preventive care, and health promotion.
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Several were concerned with services for specific groups-for example, outpatient services for chronic pain control.
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The next most commonly cited effect of standardization is reducing the rate of inappropriate inpatient hospital admissions, typically by substituting outpatient services for inpatient services (11;58).
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In health care, public inpatient and outpatient services were greatly expanded, and this brought about universal access to low-cost health care on a non-contributory, non-means-tested basis.
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Home rehabilitation may also continue for an extended period, to some extent replacing rehabilitation via normal outpatient services.
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Private insurance reimburses members directly for allowable expenses incurred for outpatient services and has some contracts with providers, including hospitals and doctors, for direct payment arrangements.
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Neurologists have, traditionally, provided outpatient services away from the main centres, and each district general hospital will continue to be visited by a neurologist.
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It is difficult to see how any authority could justify having such beds in isolation from major support and acute specialties and outpatient services.
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Why does there appear to be opposition to including audiology services in the 13-week target that applies to other outpatient services?
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Great emphasis has been laid on the development of outpatient services and this is also a feature of the new building programme.
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This calls for an enormous range of facilities: outpatient services; day hospitals; acute psychiatric units; after-care hostels; workshops and day centres.
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As a result, local hospitals become the focus for discharge treatment and outpatient services in general.
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