1.   The companies began limiting inpatient stays, putting more emphasis on outpatient services.

2.   He instinctively seems to realize this, typically limiting his stays with each subject to short, two-minute bursts.

3.   In recent years, as insurers and managed-care providers have pushed to limit hospital stays, the amount spent on home health care has soared.

4.   Patients increasingly receive care from places outside the hospital and insurers are pressuring hospitals to lower costs by limiting patient stays.

5.   Deteriorating health will limit his stay to three months.

6.   It would limit the stay of skilled immigrants to three years from six.

7.   The king said in statement Wednesday that his stay would be limited to three months because of deteriorating health.

8.   They insisted any stay be limited to a few months.

9.   While acknowledging the difficulty of preventing potential troublemakers from entering the country, Verceles said limiting their stay would help.