step down

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“The membership trajectory is tracking very nicely in line with our expectations, including that big step-down from January to February,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Dodsworth says these "step-down" facilities can help patients get back on to their feet while not taking up a hospital bed.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

It was her fourth such stay, and the first one the county had agreed should be followed by a step-down program, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

When she is discharged, it is with the recommendation that she attend a step-down program—some sort of intensive outpatient therapy program that can give her a couple of months of support.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2023

The one just described is, moreover, a "step-down" transformer, since it lowers the voltage, to distinguish it from "step-up" transformers, which raise the voltage.

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