What is an outpatient

noun a patient who attends a hospital for treatment without staying there overnight."an outpatient clinic"

What is considered an outpatient?

You're an outpatient if you're getting emergency department services, observation services, outpatient surgery, lab tests, X-rays, or any other hospital services, and the doctor hasn't written an order to admit you to a hospital as an inpatient.

What is the difference between inpatient and outpatient?

What's the main difference between inpatient and outpatient care? Generally speaking, inpatient care requires you to stay in a hospital and outpatient care does not. The big difference is whether you need to be hospitalized or not.

What is outpatient example?

Outpatient care, also called ambulatory care, is anything that doesn't require hospitalization. An annual exam with your primary care physician and a consultation with your neurologist are both examples of outpatient care. But emergent cases can also be considered outpatient care.

What happens in an outpatients department?

An outpatient department or outpatient clinic is the part of a hospital designed for the treatment of outpatients, people with health problems who visit the hospital for diagnosis or treatment, but do not at this time require a bed or to be admitted for overnight care.