outpatient setting

collocation in English

meaningsofoutpatientandsetting

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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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setting
noun
uk
/ˈset.ɪŋ/us
/ˈset̬.ɪŋ/
the position of a house or ...
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Most of these patients, in whom opioid therapy was initiated in anoutpatientsetting, were seeing an anesthesiologist or radiologist, and many had breast cancer.
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It is a 3-year, prospective, observational study of the outcomes of antipsychotic treatment for schizophrenia in theoutpatientsetting.
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After discharge from the hospital, 26% of the patients had further rehabilitation in anoutpatientsetting.
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We found that the vast majority of cellulitis cases were treated in anoutpatientsetting.
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These results provide evidence of a shift of care from the more expensive inpatient setting to the lower costoutpatientsetting.
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This situation is beginning to exist in many parts of medical care, particularly in preventive or chronic medical care delivered in theoutpatientsetting.
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Prescribing in secondary care both in theoutpatientsettinghas now become an established routine in my daily work pattern.
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This finding reflects routine clinical practice and the ad hoc collection of data in the conventionaloutpatientsetting.
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One of the major advantages to cryoablation is that it can be performed in theoutpatientsettingwith very little discomfort to the patient.
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The majority of patients were seen in anoutpatientsetting(73.8 %), and most (82.0 %) had only one episode of cellulitis during the 5-year period studied.
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Thus, a key part of the use of an inhaler in older patients lies in regular reinforcement of inhaler technique, in both the inpatient andoutpatientsetting.
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This focus may persist in theoutpatientsettingeven when the patient is stabilized and visits involve administration of chemotherapy treatment and symptom management.
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Finally, administration of the therapy in a regional inpatient hospital setting or in anoutpatientsetting (rather than in a research hospital setting) would significantly increase the likelihood of coverage.
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Both techniques are performed in theoutpatientsetting, not requiring general anesthesia or a hospital stay.
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Surgery generally takes place in anoutpatientsetting, causing minimum disruption and stress.
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Among these patients there were no deaths or interventions needed and the patients were able to be effectively treated in anoutpatientsetting.
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Both of these procedures can be done in anoutpatientsetting.
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In 1950, it became one of the first facilities in the nation to offer radiation therapy for cancer patients in anoutpatientsetting.
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This can not be done in anoutpatientsetting, and must be done under close observation.
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Physicians may prescribe a medication that will help decrease the withdrawal symptoms while the addict is receiving care in an inpatient oroutpatientsetting.
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