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A patient is any recipient of health care services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physiotherapist, physician , physician assistant , advanced practice registered nurse , psychologist , podiatrist , veterinarian , or other health care provider .
The word patient originally meant 'one who suffers'. This English noun comes from the Latin word patiens , the present participle of the deponent verb, patior , meaning 'I am suffering,' and akin to the Greek verb πάσχειν (= paskhein , to suffer) and its cognate noun πάθος (= pathos ).
An outpatient (or out-patient ) is a patient who is hospitalized for less than 24 hours. Treatment provided in this fashion is called ambulatory care . Sometimes surgery is performed without the need for a formal hospital admission or an overnight stay. This is called outpatient surgery . Outpatient surgery has many benefits, including reducing the amount of medication prescribed and using the physician's or surgeon's time more efficiently. More procedures are now being performed in a surgeon 's office, ter