noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an outpatient clinic (= for someone who does not need to stay in hospital )
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There's an outpatient clinic for people with diabetes.
inpatient/outpatient care (= for people in hospital/not in hospital )
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Outpatient care is generally less expensive than a stay in hospital.
the outpatient/casualty etc department (= in a hospital )
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I had to go to the physiotherapy department for treatment twice a week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
basis
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The procedure was on an outpatient basis without administration of analgesic or sedative medication.
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Covert sensitization requires no special equipment, involves minimal risk to patients, and can easily be conducted on an outpatient basis .
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The procedure was carried out on an outpatient basis without analgesics or sedatives.
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Medicare also would reduce co-payments for services received at hospitals and clinics on an outpatient basis .
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If you are doing covert sensitization on an outpatient basis , your client could be consuming alcohol prior to treatment.
care
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It should be possible to compare the cost effectiveness of community based clinics with that of hospital outpatient care .
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Part B Medicare covers doctor visits and other outpatient care .
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For many patients, brief problem-orientated outpatient care seems to be a very satisfactory means of helping them tackle the difficulties.
clinic
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An obvious candidate for inclusion in these tables is the delay between referral and first appointment in outpatient clinics .
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It is these patients who present themselves to the outpatient clinic .
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Instead of the 170-bed hospital at Travis, they proposed building a $ 27 million outpatient clinic , a project Riggs defended.
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Eleven patients were recruited from our outpatient clinic and informed consent was obtained.
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Plans for the outpatient clinic have been scrapped.
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Patients - 181 patients attending hospital outpatient clinics .
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The plan would set up a new payment system for services to Medicare patients who see their doctors at hospital outpatient clinics .
department
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Health centres with a low throughput may have higher average costs than a busy hospital outpatient department .
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Twenty four hours before admission she had had a transitional mole removed from her back under local anaesthesia in the outpatient department .
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Therefore all hospital outpatient departments contain staff who are skilled in treating injuries.
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It will mean patients get quicker treatment and reduce pressures on hospital outpatient departments .
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The patients are followed up partly at the outpatient department , partly at local hospitals.
hospital
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It should be possible to compare the cost effectiveness of community based clinics with that of hospital outpatient care.
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The plan would set up a new payment system for services to Medicare patients who see their doctors at hospital outpatient clinics.
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Health centres with a low throughput may have higher average costs than a busy hospital outpatient department.
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Patients - 181 patients attending hospital outpatient clinics.
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Therefore all hospital outpatient departments contain staff who are skilled in treating injuries.
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It will mean patients get quicker treatment and reduce pressures on hospital outpatient departments.
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Those patients attending general practice alone showed better control when compared with those having shared care with a hospital outpatient clinic.
service
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San Diego-based Medical Imaging provides outpatient services and medical equipment to doctors and hospitals.
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The companies began limiting inpatient stays, putting more emphasis on outpatient services .
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For outpatient services , the wait is no more than a couple of days.
treatment
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But unsuccessful outpatient treatment can significantly increase the risk that the patient will become invalided at home.
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By the end of the stories, however, the need for insurance coverage for outpatient treatment was deemed paramount.
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In addition, there is room in outpatient treatment programs.
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The Federation found the reason for postponing outpatient treatment centers until some future date unclear.
■ VERB
attend
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After discharge, patients should attend weekly outpatient appointments, moving to fortnightly or monthly attendances as appropriate.
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Patients - 181 patients attending hospital outpatient clinics.
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Sixty-two consecutive patients aged 75 or over and attending a general ophthalmology outpatients clinic were assessed.
see
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Such patients are uncommon in general practice; they are more likely to be seen in psychiatric outpatient clinics.
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The more important causes seen in an outpatient practice are discussed below.
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These individuals are usually stuporous or comatose and will not be seen in an outpatient practice.
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Congenital nystagmus starts soon after birth and is occasionally seen in an outpatient setting.
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The other large group of patients seen in an outpatient setting with headache and fever are those with a viral influenza syndrome.
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It is only occasionally seen in an outpatient clinic.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An obvious candidate for inclusion in these tables is the delay between referral and first appointment in outpatient clinics.
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Compliance was monitored by questioning patients and counting remaining capsules at each outpatient visit.
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Even some outpatient programs are threatened by the changes in the industry.
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Instead of the 170-bed hospital at Travis, they proposed building a $ 27 million outpatient clinic, a project Riggs defended.
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That said, there are opportunities to reduce outpatient waiting times.
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The latest is an outpatient procedure with a new gizmo that removes throat tissues with radio frequencies.
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The tiny device is surgically implanted in an outpatient procedure within the eye, just outside the field of vision.
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This paper is concerned with the effects of the reforms on general practitioners' referrals to specialist outpatient clinics.