inpatient

plural inpatients · alternative in-patient

1. governmentA patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.

   For three of the four regions, the number and rate of procedures was higher in inpatient than in ambulatory settings, but in the Midwest the differences between settings were not statistically significant.

   1998, Maria Owings, Lola Jean Kozak, Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1996, Issue 139

   Antonyms: outpatient

alternative in-patient

1. not comparableOf treatment, requiring at least one night's residence in a hospital.

   1 more example

   the aim of our study is to evaluate, separately, the levels of independence and social functioning in adulthood among individuals diagnosed with ASD in early childhood, taking into account the cultural context and available resources of our country, and based on sociodemographic variables. […] Exclusion criteria included the presence of severe psychiatric disorders in the parent (such as psychosis requiring inpatient treatment, mood disorders in the acute phase, moderate to severe intellectual disability), physical illnesses that would impair communication (e.g., significant hearing or speech impairments), illiteracy, or inability to contact the parent.

   2025 August 13, Müjdat Erarkadaş, Kübra Özmeral Erarkadaş, Şahika Gülen Şişmanlar, “Autism Spectrum Disorder Beyond Childhood: A Comprehensive Assessment of Activities of Daily Living and Social Functioning in Turkish Adults.”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of impatient.

   ...she told her, That she had an extreme desire to converse with the soul of her Noble Lord and dear Husband, and that she was inpatient of a longer stay.

   1668, Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World