Inpatient care starts with admission to the Hospital for medical treatment. Most Patients enter inpatient care from a hospital’s Emergency Room (Casualty) or through a pre-booked Surgery or treatment. In most cases, the patient needs admission and requires in-depth observation and monitoring.
Medical reimbursement is provided for those patients who wish to avail. Similarly, if patients have private insurance, their care will be covered.
Once discharged from the hospital by the doctor, the patient becomes an outpatient.
Outpatient care: involves any sort of care provided without admission into the hospital. Procedures within an outpatient clinic include consultations, rehabilitation, investigations, etc. These are all performed outside the hospital setting—traditionally in OPD or other facilities.
In recent years, inpatient hospital care has become the most expensive form of care for hospital systems. Most procedures, once done at an inpatient facility, can now be done in an outpatient clinic. As a result, our hospitals now refer patients to an outpatient clinic out of affordability and convenience and the consultancy charges are minimum.