Definition of "outpatients" []

• Plural form of outpatient. (noun)

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• "Diagnostic evaluation of inpatients and outpatients is supported by a well-equipped flexible bronchoscopy facility, as well as state-of-the-art pulmonary function testing and sleep disorders laboratories which comprehensively serve to assess lung function and respiratory nocturnal disorders in infants and older children."
• "People waiting for consultations or procedures not admitted to hospital are defined as outpatients, but the data is not officially recorded or declared."
• "Mr Rudd is also likely to press for federal financing control over outside-hospital services such as outpatients and community health centres in order to integrate Medicare services."