DeCS

Descriptor English:

Patient Admission

Descriptor Spanish:

Admisión del Paciente

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	admisión de pacientes
Scope note:	Proceso de aceptación de pacientes. El concepto comprende a los pacientes aceptados para recibir asistencia médica y de enfermería en un hospital o en otro tipo de centro asistencial sanitario.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Admissão do Paciente

Descriptor French:

Admission du patient

Entry term(s):

Admission, Patient
Admission, Voluntary
Admissions, Patient
Admissions, Voluntary
Patient Admissions
Voluntary Admission
Voluntary Admissions

Tree number(s):

E02.760.400.600
N02.421.585.400.600

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010343

Scope note:

The process of accepting patients. The concept includes patients accepted for medical and nursing care in a hospital or other health care institution.

Allowable Qualifiers:

EC economics
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends

Previous Indexing:

Hospitalization (1966-1977)

Public MeSH Note:

History Note:

Patient Readmission MeSH

DeCS ID:

10537

Unique ID:

D010343

NLM Classification:

WX 158

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1978/01/01

Date of Entry:

1977/05/12

Revision Date:

2015/06/29

ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT

Therapeutics [E02]

Therapeutics

Patient Care [E02.760]

Patient Care

Hospitalization [E02.760.400]

Hospitalization

Length of Stay [E02.760.400.480]

Length of Stay

Patient Admission [E02.760.400.600]

Patient Admission

Patient Discharge [E02.760.400.610]

Patient Discharge

Patient Handoff [E02.760.400.615]

Patient Handoff

Patient Readmission [E02.760.400.620]

Patient Readmission

Patient Transfer [E02.760.400.630]

Patient Transfer

HEALTH CARE

Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]

Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services

Health Services [N02.421]

Health Services

Patient Care [N02.421.585]

Patient Care

Hospitalization [N02.421.585.400]

Hospitalization

Length of Stay [N02.421.585.400.480]

Length of Stay

Patient Admission [N02.421.585.400.600]

Patient Admission

Patient Discharge [N02.421.585.400.610]

Patient Discharge

Patient Handoff [N02.421.585.400.615]

Patient Handoff

Patient Readmission [N02.421.585.400.620]

Patient Readmission

Patient Transfer [N02.421.585.400.630]

Patient Transfer

Patient Admission - Preferred

Concept UI	M0016031
Scope note	The process of accepting patients. The concept includes patients accepted for medical and nursing care in a hospital or other health care institution.
Preferred term	Patient Admission
Entry term(s)	Admission, Patient Admissions, Patient Patient Admissions

Voluntary Admission - Narrower

Concept UI	M0016032
Preferred term	Voluntary Admission
Entry term(s)	Admission, Voluntary Admissions, Voluntary Voluntary Admissions

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