Common use of Inpatient Clause in Contracts

Inpatient. A patient who has been ad- mitted to a hospital or other author- ized institution for bed occupancy for purposes of receiving necessary med- ical care, with the reasonable expecta- tion that the patient will remain in the institution at least 24 hours, and with the registration and assignment of an inpatient number or designation. Insti- tutional care in connection with in and out (ambulatory) surgery is not in- cluded within the meaning of inpatient whether or not an inpatient number or designation is made by the hospital or other institution. If the patient has been received at the hospital, but death occurs before the actual admission oc- curs, an inpatient admission exists as if the patient had lived and had been formally admitted.