rehospitalize
verb
re·hos·pi·tal·ize
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rehospitalized;
rehospitalizing
Definition of rehospitalize
: to readmit (someone) to a hospital as a patient : to hospitalize (someone) again
The patient was discharged but then rehospitalized one month later.
Other Words from rehospitalize
rehospitalization
\ (ˌ)rē-ˌhä-(ˌ)spi-tə-lə-ˈzā-shən
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noun,
plural rehospitalizations
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noun,
plural rehospitalizations
patients at risk of rehospitalization
Medicare currently pays for all rehospitalizations, except those in which patients are rehospitalized within 24 hours after discharge for the same condition for which they had initially been hospitalized.
— Stephen F. Jencks
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