öppenvård
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compound if öppen (“open”) + vård (“care”). In medical sense attested since 1955. In punishment sense attested since 1964.
Noun
öppenvård c
- (medicine) outpatient care at hospital or clinic
- Antonyms: sluten vård, slutenvård (“inpatient”)
- (law) a type of probation where the condemned is allowed to live at home during treatment
- Swedish Prison and Probation Service (c. 2022) “Institution eller öppenvård”, in Kontraktsvård, archived from the original on 8 March 2022: “Ett program på behandlingshem innebär att klienten bor på hemmet under behandlingsperioden. I öppenvård bor den dömde hemma under vårdtiden. ― A program in a treatment home means that the client lives at the facility during the treatment period. In outpatient care, the convicted person lives at home during the care period.”
Declension
| Declension of öppenvård | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | öppenvård | öppenvården | — | — |
| Genitive | öppenvårds | öppenvårdens | — | — |
References
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