Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Outpatient Clinics

Outpatient clinics are healthcare facilities that provide diagnosis, treatment, and preventive services to patients who do not require an overnight hospital stay. Care delivered on an outpatient or ambulatory basis ranges from routine check-ups, screening, vaccination, and health advice to the management of chronic …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 43× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Outpatient clinics are healthcare facilities that provide diagnosis, treatment, and preventive services to patients who do not require an overnight hospital stay. Care delivered on an outpatient or ambulatory basis ranges from routine check-ups, screening, vaccination, and health advice to the management of chronic conditions and specialist consultations, with patients returning home the same day. By handling conditions that do not need inpatient admission, outpatient clinics improve access to care, reduce hospital burden, and support continuity of care through follow-up and referral to higher levels of service when needed. They are a central component of patient care and services, spanning primary care, specialty practices, and hospital-affiliated departments. Research relevant to outpatient and community-based care examines how services are organized and delivered to improve access and outcomes. Work published by the journal includes a description of a high-volume, user-friendly immunization clinic in Vellore, India, presented as a model for delivering preventive services efficiently in urban hospital settings, as well as studies of outpatient screening and assessment, such as evaluating obstructive sleep apnea risk among patients with type 2 diabetes. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to outpatient clinics and the organization of ambulatory patient care.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2024

Splenectomy Reports

Exact topic Spleen And Liver Research doi:10.14302/issn.2578-2371.jslr-24-5157

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 43 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Outpatient Clinics, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Patient Care and Services.

Journal editorial board
Malgorzata Mikaszewska-Sokolewicz · Poland Sheyda Najafi · United States

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.