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outpatient

[out-pey-shuhnt] / ˈaʊtˌpeɪ ʃənt /


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Home-visiting nurses, aides and physician assistants in outpatient settings can actually reduce costs, or at least aren’t the primary driver of rising spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The Welsh government said the extra 187,000 outpatient appointments that health boards had delivered, and 37,000 cataract operations to date, were because of the additional funding this year.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Last year alone, PE firms purchased at least 149 dental offices and 148 outpatient medical practices.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

Medicare Part B premiums, which cover doctors and hospital outpatient services, will rise to about $5,000 a year by 2035, up from about $2,440, according to a recent report by the Senate Joint Economic Committee.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

“I have outpatient therapy from four to five, remember?”

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben