Definition of Cooperative. Cooperative. A type of residence where the buyer owns shares in the corporation that owns the building and has the right to live in a specific unit, but doesn't actually own the space. The development's association board interviews the buyer as part of the application to live in the community.
Ambulatory strictly means the ability to walk but in the context of surgery, it refers to patients who are able to leave the hospital the same day as the surgery, without being admitted. Ambulatory surgery is referred to by other names, commonly called minimally invasive surgery, outpatient surgery or same day surgery.
Doctor services and hospital outpatient services (for example, ED visit, observation services, lab tests, or EKGs) You go to a hospital for outpatient surgery, but they keep you overnight for high blood pressure. Your doctor doesn't write an order to admit you as an inpatient. You go home the next day.