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
   - hospitalization insurance 
4. Placing in medical care in a hospital
   - hospitalisation [Brit], hospital care

Derived forms: hospitalizations

See also: hospitalize

Type of: condition, health insurance, medical aid, medical care, period, period of time, status, time period

Encyclopedia: Hospitalization

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