0 a person who goes to a hospital for treatment, but who does not stay any nights there:
an outpatient clinic
1 a person who receives medical care from a hospital but who does not stay in the hospital for one or more nights:
They also reported far less use of hospital services (particularly paediatric outpatients).
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.
Subsequently, patients receive ongoing medical care based on regular outpatient visits, and that care may include periods of readmission to the hospital.
The cost for visits to hospitals represented the largest share of outpatient care.
This approach is straightforward when a single diagnosis is listed, as is often the case for outpatient and emergency department visits.
Three-fourths were direct costs for inpatient care, acute outpatient care, physician visits for followup treatment, drugs, and so on.
Unit costs of inpatient days and outpatient visits were directly derived from the cost-estimation model.