What is the meaning of hospitalization?

noun

  • A period of time when you are confined to a hospital.
    • usage: "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization"
  • The condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital.
    • usage: "he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization"
  • Insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense.
  • Placing in medical care in a hospital.
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