hospicentric

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adjective

Of a public health system: such that the majority of health problems are dealt with only at the hospital level when patients have already presented with serious complications.

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Meanings

adjectivehospicentric (comparative more hospicentric, superlative most hospicentric)

comparative more hospicentric · superlative most hospicentric

  1. Of a public health system: such that the majority of health problems are dealt with only at the hospital level when patients have already presented with serious complications.

Origin

Blend of hospital + -centric.

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APA

hospicentric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospicentric

MLA

“hospicentric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospicentric. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hospicentric,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospicentric.

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