Health cash plan term meaning a continuous period of hospital confinement which includes an overnight stay. The policy pays a fixed amount for each ‘day’ the insured is hospitalised in defined circumstances subject to a minimum number of days, e.g. three, and a maximum number, e.g. 91 days, in any benefit year. Outpatient treatment not involving an overnight stay is covered under a separate section for up to a maximum number of days, e.g. 10, in any benefit year.