According to Wiki: An outpatient is a patient who is not hospitalized overnight but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment.
There’s another definition of “outpatient” here… as illustrated by the images below:
Technomad also has a picture of an “outpatient” taking a smoking break.
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i dont think these images are outpatients. These people in the images are confined in the hospital, but not bedridden. They are classified as in patients. They are free to roam around as long as with the permission of the hospital. Outpatients are people seeking treatment, diagnosis or any medical service (check up) that do not render confinement or stay in the hospital. Simply, a hospital visit. Outpatients mostly visits the ER or doctors clinics, then if there is necessity for confinement, then their status will be changed to in-patient, and will be assigned to any of the departments of the hospital ( e.g. Ob, Medicine, Surgery, Ortho)
hehehe out patient talaga as in nasa labas na pasyente hahaha katawa naman sis
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lol, whatever they are called, I think I would feel weird to see those people with the smocks on…
Thanks for the informative post.. and thanks for adding our comment to the blog. I searched for a while to find the right answer to my questions!
lol – that puts a new meaning to the term “outpatient”
I dont think these images are outpatients. These people in the images are confined in the hospital, but not bedridden. They are classified as in patients. They are free to roam around as long as with the permission of the hospital. Outpatients are people seeking treatment, diagnosis or any medical service (check up) that do not render confinement or stay in the hospital. Simply, a hospital visit.