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outpatient

[out-pey-shuhnt] / ˈaʊtˌpeɪ ʃənt /


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The University of California, Irvine, a major beneficiary of the 340B program, in 2024 acquired four hospitals and their associated outpatient clinics from the for-profit Tenet Healthcare.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

It also said the strike had significantly damaged the adjacent outpatient clinic building.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

And injuries that once ended careers can now be repaired through outpatient procedures.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Medicare Part B premiums, which cover doctors and hospital outpatient services, eclipsed $200 a month for the first time this year, straining the finances of many retirees.

From MarketWatch Jun. 27, 2026

“I have outpatient therapy from four to five, remember?”

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

The facility also would serve about 200 outpatients a day.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The researchers conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial involving 28 outpatients diagnosed with MDD at the Fourth People's Hospital of Taizhou.

From Science Daily Jan. 4, 2026

The narrowly passed ballot measure seeks to build facilities with beds for 10,000 patients and provide four times that many outpatients treatment slots.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2024

But local counties said the new spending requirements would result in a loss of more than $1 billion, which could be detrimental to existing programs such as mental health outpatients, crisis, recovery and peer-supported services.

From Seattle Times Oct. 12, 2023

The majority of my friends in there didn’t last, and out of the few that were still with me when I left even fewer survived as outpatients.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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