Health Care Activity
hospitalization Audio
hos·pi·tal·i·za·tion [ hos-pi-tl-uh-zey-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
patient care
Definitions related to hospitalization:
  • The condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The confinement of a patient in a hospital.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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