How to Use inpatient in a Sentence

inpatient

noun
  • The one that’s been coming up the most in the last couple of weeks is on the inpatient side.
    — Chantelle Lee, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Another floor would go to inpatient care, and a top floor is set up to allow for growth.
    — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Most of the hospital’s inpatient beds would be moved to the new bed tower.
    — Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • All rooms in the trio of nine-story inpatient towers will be private rooms.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Another floor would go to inpatient care, and a top floor would be set up to allow for growth.
    — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The plan was to get Adam sober, likely in an inpatient program, and to get his knees fixed.
    — Dan Koeppel, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2019
  • At one point, Hessler began to get inpatient, the warrant said.
    — David Owens, courant.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Upon leaving the inpatient ward, there was a two-week stay at a crisis house (which helped), then that was it.
    — Catherine Cusick, Longreads, 3 July 2018
  • Hospital inpatient costs and other types of care picked back up in the quarter.
    — Anna Wilde Mathews and Matt Grossman, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Ten inpatients have results of tests still pending, Blanton said in an email.
    — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Now it's been weeks since the hospital cared for a coronavirus inpatient.
    — Heather Hollingsworth and Todd Richmond, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Mia, an 18-year-old inpatient on a psychiatric ward, likes to pull pranks on her nurses.
    — Daisy Schofield, refinery29.com, 13 Sep. 2020
  • The next day, Travis checked into a three-month inpatient treatment program.
    — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The counselors also can help arrange inpatient care or walk a caller through a plan to cope with their feelings.
    — Yvonne Wenger, baltimoresun.com, 29 Sep. 2020
  • And the strains on inpatient care ripple all the way to the emergency department.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022
  • That way, the need for inpatient care will be reduced, as needs are met in a more effective and therapeutic way.
    — Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023
  • The private center, which draws patients from around the country, has 20 beds for inpatient care.
    — Andy Blye and Jill Ryan, azcentral, 14 Apr. 2020
  • His first inpatient stay had failed, and support groups and regular therapy were not helping.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 18 June 2026
  • When both girls are asleep, their mother Leslie gets a call from the hospital denying inpatient care for Rue.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 14 Feb. 2022
  • My husband, Jim, spent his last days as an inpatient at the Denver Hospice.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2019
  • Hospice of the Valley has nine home inpatient care homes throughout the Valley.
    — Neetish Basnet, The Arizona Republic, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Months of inpatient therapy taught Newton to get around in a wheelchair and adjust to his body in the wake of the shooting.
    — Howard Ludwig, Daily Southtown, 11 Apr. 2018
  • However, children who need inpatient admission will still need to be transferred out of the county.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
  • After the transplant, DiMeo was in the hospital for more than six weeks and then in inpatient rehab.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Nurses said the hallways are full of patients due to a lack of available inpatient beds and the severity of their conditions.
    — Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • This has allowed for demolition to start on phase one of the project, which includes 48 inpatient beds and the urgent care unit.
    — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Each lab is focused on different sets of abilities, and the floors are split between the inpatient rooms for that lab on one side and the work area on the other.
    — Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Thirty days of inpatient treatment followed, then placement in a clean-and-sober house in White Center.
    — Sara Jean Green, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
  • In June 2014, Carter sought treatment for anorexia as an inpatient.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Those surges overwhelm inpatient units, intensive care beds, and operating rooms.
    — Eugene Litvak, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026

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