Definition of 'hospitalization'

Noun

1. a period of time when you are confined to a hospital; "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization"
2. the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital; "he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization"
3. insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense
      Synonyms: hospitalization insurance
4. placing in medical care in a hospital
      Synonyms: hospitalisation hospital care

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