Hospital Confinement definition

Hospital Confinement or “Confined” shall mean the status of staying in a Hospital as an in-patient for medical treatment upon the recommendation of a Physician for a minimum continuous period of 24 hours prior to discharge.

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Hospital Confinement or “Confined” shall mean being confined in a hospital as an in-patient for Medically Necessary treatment for a minimum continuous period of 24 hours upon the recommendation of a Physician for stay in the hospital prior to his/her discharge.

Hospital Confinement means admission to a hospital ward.

Examples of Hospital Confinement in a sentence

• If the Hospital Confinement initially is not for the purpose of psychiatric treatments, the expenses in entirety shall be payable under Clauses 1 to 12 of Section A above.

• This Benefit shall be payable for the expenses charged on psychiatric treatments (excluding Alzheimer’s disease, Senile Dementia, Parkinson’s disease or any conditions caused by or related to drug abuse or alcoholism) during the Member's Hospital Confinement.

• This Benefit shall be payable for the charges as levied and published by a Hospital for the cost of one (1) companion bed during the Member's Hospital Confinement for receiving Medically Necessary western medicine treatment or services.

• The Service Provider(s) may arrange and pay for the cost of an economy round trip transportation plus accommodation expenses up to HK$16,000 for a person chosen by the Member, or a relative if the Member is unable to choose due to his condition, to join him if the Member has been in Hospital Confinement abroad for more than seven (7) consecutive days.

• Where the expenses involve both psychiatric and non-psychiatric treatments and apportionment of the expenses is not available, the eligible medical expenses in entirety shall be payable under this Psychiatric Treatment Benefit if the Hospital Confinement is initially for the purpose of psychiatric treatments.

More Definitions of Hospital Confinement

Hospital Confinement means that a covered person is registered as a bed-patient in a hospital and incurs a daily room charge.

Hospital Confinement means admission to a hospital ward, other than a lodging ward.

Hospital Confinement means a stay of 18 or more consecutive hours as a resident bed-patient in a Hospital.

Hospital Confinement means admission to a hospital ward limited to the general ward, high care ward and special care units, including but not limited to an intensive care unit (ICU), excluding Private Hospital Benefits, as an inpatient where such admission is medically indicated and necessary.

Hospital Confinement means being confined in a hospital as a registered patient because of a medical necessity and on the recommendation of a Qualified Medical Practitioner. One day of “Hospital Confinement” shall mean a period for which the hospital makes a charge for room and board for the treatment of Injury or Sickness.

Hospital Confinement means confinement in a Hospital for western medicine and surgical services as a result of a Medically Necessary condition and recommended by a Registered Medical Practitioner. For the purpose of this Contract, the Member must stay in the Hospital for the entire period of confinement and room and board charges must be incurred.

Hospital Confinement means for the purposes of Section 3.01, any twenty-four (24) hour period of time, or any part thereof, for which a Claimant is properly charged a full day’s rate for room and board as a registered bed patient in a hospital, or in a nursing home as defined in Section 1395X of Title 42 of the United States Code. This includes hospital admission under inpatient status or observation status. “Hospital Confinement” does not include Emergency Room visits and outpatient surgery.