Bed patient definition

Bed patient means confinement in a bed accommodation located in a portion of a Hospital which is designed, staffed and operated to provide acute, short-term Hospital care on a 24-hour basis; the term does not include confinement in a portion of the Hospital designed, staffed and operated to provide long-term institutional care on a residential basis.
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  • Hospice patient s family" means a hospice patient's immediate family members, including a spouse, brother, sister, child, or parent, and any other relative or individual who has significant personal ties to the patient and who is designated as a member of the patient's family by mutual agreement of the patient, the relative or individual, and the patient's interdisciplinary team.

  • Qualified patient means a person who is uninsured, indigent, or has insufficient funds to obtain

  • Day Patient means an Insured Person receiving Medical Services or treatments given in a medical clinic, day case procedure centre or Hospital where the Insured Person is not in Confinement.

  • Patient means a person who is undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in any hospital or similar institution;

  • Qualifying patient means a person who: