Hospitalization
noun
The process of admitting a person to a hospital for treatment.
Due to the severity of his condition, his doctor recommended hospitalization.

Often appears as...
- require hospitalization
- avoid hospitalization
noun
The length of time a person spends in a hospital for treatment.
His hospitalization lasted over a month due to complications.

Often appears as...
- long hospitalization
- brief hospitalization
noun
The process of admitting a person to a hospital for treatment.
Due to the severity of his condition, his doctor recommended hospitalization.

Often appears as...
- require hospitalization
- avoid hospitalization
noun
The length of time a person spends in a hospital for treatment.
His hospitalization lasted over a month due to complications.

Often appears as...
- long hospitalization
- brief hospitalization
Definition 1 of 2

Medical Context
Used when someone needs medical care and must stay at the hospital.

After the accident, immediate hospitalization was necessary.
Seriousness Implied
Implies a condition is serious enough to need hospital care, not just a doctor's visit.

The infection led to her hospitalization.
Action by Professionals
It's a process done by medical professionals, not the patient themselves.

The paramedics decided hospitalization was crucial.
Medical Context
Used when someone needs medical care and must stay at the hospital.

After the accident, immediate hospitalization was necessary.
Seriousness Implied
Implies a condition is serious enough to need hospital care, not just a doctor's visit.

The infection led to her hospitalization.
Action by Professionals
It's a process done by medical professionals, not the patient themselves.

The paramedics decided hospitalization was crucial.
Medical Context
Used when someone needs medical care and must stay at the hospital.

After the accident, immediate hospitalization was necessary.
Seriousness Implied
Implies a condition is serious enough to need hospital care, not just a doctor's visit.

The infection led to her hospitalization.
Action by Professionals
It's a process done by medical professionals, not the patient themselves.

The paramedics decided hospitalization was crucial.
Video examples
Majora Carter: Greening...
Our asthma hospitalization rate is seven times higher than the national average. These impacts are coming everyone's way. And we all pay dearly for solid waste costs, health problems associated with pollution and more odiously, the cost of imprisoning our young black and Latino men, who possess untold amounts of untapped potential.
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Greening the ghetto -...
this country and diabetes comes with it one out of four South Bronx children has asthma without asthma hospitalization rate is seven times higher than the national average these impacts are coming everyone's way and we all pay dearly for solid waste costs health problems associated with pollution and
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Why is pneumonia so...
The worst symptoms typically fade out in about a week, though full recovery may take as long as a month. Otherwise healthy adults can often manage pneumonia at home. But for some groups, pneumonia can be a lot more severe, requiring hospitalization and oxygen, artificial ventilation,
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
my math that I'd never heard before half grown half scream barely human and pure terror then the sound came again forced from somewhere deep inside my belly and scraping my throat raw this incident resulted in my involuntary hospitalization one of the reasons the
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How childhood trauma...
so we hung a shingle, and we were able to provide top-quality care regardless of ability to pay. It was so cool. We targeted the typical health access to care, immunization rates, asthma hospitalization rates, and we hit all of our numbers.
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Sherwin Nuland: How...
I shuffled when I walked. I was bowed over. I rarely bathed. I sometimes didn't shave. It was dreadful. And it was clear -- not to me, because nothing was clear to me at that time anymore -- that I would need long-term hospitalization
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The surprising cause of...
due to stomach ulcers, which are sores in the lining of the upper intestinal tract. At the time, few effective treatments for ulcers existed, and many sufferers required hospitalization or even surgery. Desperate for answers,
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A tale of mental illness...
half groan, half scream, barely human and pure terror. Then the sound came again, forced from somewhere deep inside my belly and scraping my throat raw." This incident resulted in my involuntary hospitalization.
Video examples
Canine Influenza: What...
upper respiratory diseases that we find in dogs and it can be soft cough it can be some nasal discharge they can get lethargy a fever some dogs require hospitalization if
Video examples
How mRNA Medicine Will...
all leading causes of hospitalization and death in the elderly. And we're hoping that this will then be an annual booster, that you will get, just like the flu vaccine.
Video examples
Majora Carter: Greening...
Our asthma hospitalization rate is seven times higher than the national average. These impacts are coming everyone's way. And we all pay dearly for solid waste costs, health problems associated with pollution and more odiously, the cost of imprisoning our young black and Latino men, who possess untold amounts of untapped potential.
Video examples
Greening the ghetto -...
this country and diabetes comes with it one out of four South Bronx children has asthma without asthma hospitalization rate is seven times higher than the national average these impacts are coming everyone's way and we all pay dearly for solid waste costs health problems associated with pollution and
Video examples
Why is pneumonia so...
The worst symptoms typically fade out in about a week, though full recovery may take as long as a month. Otherwise healthy adults can often manage pneumonia at home. But for some groups, pneumonia can be a lot more severe, requiring hospitalization and oxygen, artificial ventilation,
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
my math that I'd never heard before half grown half scream barely human and pure terror then the sound came again forced from somewhere deep inside my belly and scraping my throat raw this incident resulted in my involuntary hospitalization one of the reasons the
Video examples
How childhood trauma...
so we hung a shingle, and we were able to provide top-quality care regardless of ability to pay. It was so cool. We targeted the typical health access to care, immunization rates, asthma hospitalization rates, and we hit all of our numbers.
Video examples
Sherwin Nuland: How...
I shuffled when I walked. I was bowed over. I rarely bathed. I sometimes didn't shave. It was dreadful. And it was clear -- not to me, because nothing was clear to me at that time anymore -- that I would need long-term hospitalization
Video examples
The surprising cause of...
due to stomach ulcers, which are sores in the lining of the upper intestinal tract. At the time, few effective treatments for ulcers existed, and many sufferers required hospitalization or even surgery. Desperate for answers,
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
half groan, half scream, barely human and pure terror. Then the sound came again, forced from somewhere deep inside my belly and scraping my throat raw." This incident resulted in my involuntary hospitalization.
Video examples
Canine Influenza: What...
upper respiratory diseases that we find in dogs and it can be soft cough it can be some nasal discharge they can get lethargy a fever some dogs require hospitalization if
Video examples
How mRNA Medicine Will...
all leading causes of hospitalization and death in the elderly. And we're hoping that this will then be an annual booster, that you will get, just like the flu vaccine.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Andrew Cuomo
American Politician
We have a system of jurisprudence. You are innocent until proven guilty. You have a right to counsel. And you have a right to hospitalization if you are ill. That is our system. And it's what makes this country special and what makes this country great.

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John Conyers
American Politician
In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization.

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Thomas R. Insel
American Scientist
Sometimes, patients with serious mental illness, just as with other serious medical illnesses, require hospitalization. In the absence of available public or private hospital beds, there are few options.

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Tammy Baldwin
American Politician
I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.

Quote examples
Michael C. Burgess
American Politician
When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications.

Quote examples
Andrew Cuomo
American Politician
We have a system of jurisprudence. You are innocent until proven guilty. You have a right to counsel. And you have a right to hospitalization if you are ill. That is our system. And it's what makes this country special and what makes this country great.

Quote examples
John Conyers
American Politician
In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization.

Quote examples
Thomas R. Insel
American Scientist
Sometimes, patients with serious mental illness, just as with other serious medical illnesses, require hospitalization. In the absence of available public or private hospital beds, there are few options.

Quote examples
Tammy Baldwin
American Politician
I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.

Quote examples
Michael C. Burgess
American Politician
When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications.

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