0 a person who goes into hospital to receive medical care, and stays there one or more nights while they are being treated
1 a person who stays one or more nights in a hospital in order to receive medical care:
A group of 27 older adults in inpatient rehabilitation were interviewed during the programme and after returning home.
The average annualized number of outpatient visits was substantially higher for each disease state compared with the number of inpatient episodes.
Costs were based on frequencies of inpatient and outpatient visits, diagnostic and laboratory testing, medication, and medical procedures associated with the specific health states.
Unit costs of inpatient days and outpatient visits were directly derived from the cost-estimation model.
A technique for studying psychiatric morbidity in inpatient and outpatient series and in general population samples.
The costs of inpatient care were based on data on diagnosis-related group discharge statistics.
Once the practical limit of abbreviated inpatient stays is reached, further efficiencies will be attainable chiefly by addressing clinical practices themselves.
This finding was attributed to lack of inpatient economies of scale and low occupancy in orthopedic/ surgical hospitals.
