OPD & IPD difference

📌 OPD stands for Outpatient Department, whereas, IPD full form is Inpatient Department. In OPD a patient is not admitted but in an IPD, a patient is admitted for at least 24 hours.

📌The full form of OPD is the Outpatient Department. An OPD is structured to be the primary point of communication among the patient and the medical professionals in a medical department. A patient who first arrives at the hospital goes straight to OPD, and then the OPD decides the unit to which a patient will go.