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- noun Alternative spelling of
inpatient .
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Examples
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Many people would be shocked to discover that there's virtually nowhere left in the United States where a person addicted to heroin can call and be admitted that same day to a long-term in-patient drug treatment program free of charge.
Amy Winehouse: Reflections from Two Drug Policy Activists 2011
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The intervention recommended for this borderline adolescent was long-term in-patient care.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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Don't get me started about the "good old days" of psychiatric in-patient treatment.
Deborah Lynn, M.D.: Craft It Out M.D. Deborah Lynn 2011
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It is my hope that acupuncturists in America will be included in the health care teams of both in-patient and out-patient stroke treatment centers as part of our own American health care system.
Dr. Nalini Chilkov: Desperate Stroke Patient Goes to China for Proper Care Dr. Nalini Chilkov 2011
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Ledford told West that he has been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and severe depression and has been treated for the past five months including an in-patient stay at the VA Hospital in Muskogee.
KRIS LEDFORD 2010
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Don't get me started about the "good old days" of psychiatric in-patient treatment.
Deborah Lynn, M.D.: Craft It Out M.D. Deborah Lynn 2011
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It is my hope that acupuncturists in America will be included in the health care teams of both in-patient and out-patient stroke treatment centers as part of our own American health care system.
Dr. Nalini Chilkov: Desperate Stroke Patient Goes to China for Proper Care Dr. Nalini Chilkov 2011
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According to a report by the Healthcare Commission, despite managers 'best efforts to bring the hospital to the required standards - said standard being that of a field hospital in the Crimean War - an' unacceptable proportion 'of patients had survived in-patient treatment, with fewer than targeted contracting MRSA.
Call for Enquiry Over Stafford NHS Trust Dungeekin 2009
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Money is still tied up in in-patient care because the services people need are not available in the community.
'Unfinished care revolution' lets disadvantaged groups down 2011
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According to a report by the Healthcare Commission, despite managers 'best efforts to bring the hospital to the required standards - said standard being that of a field hospital in the Crimean War - an' unacceptable proportion 'of patients had survived in-patient treatment, with fewer than targeted contracting MRSA.
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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