Meaning of hospitalization

Definition of hospitalization

(noun) a period of time when you are confined to a hospital; "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization"
the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital; "he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization"
insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense
placing in medical care in a hospital

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