1. Placing in medical care in a hospital
   "The doctor recommended immediate hospitalization for the patient with severe pneumonia";
   - hospitalisation [Brit], hospital care
    
2. The condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital
   "he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization"
    
3. A period of time when you are confined to a hospital
   "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization"
    
4. Insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense
   "His hospitalization insurance covered most of the costs of his surgery";
   - hospitalization insurance

Derived forms: hospitalizations

Type of: condition, health insurance, medical aid, medical care, period, period of time, status, time period, time span

Encyclopedia: Hospitalization