| Descriptor English: | Patient Admission | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Admisión del Paciente                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| 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  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        E02.760.400.600 N02.421.585.400.600  | 
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| 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. | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        EC                                                            economics LJ legislation & jurisprudence SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends  | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                Hospitalization (1966-1977) | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 78 | 
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| History Note: | 78 | 
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Patient Readmission
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| DeCS ID: | 10537 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D010343 | ||||
| NLM Classification: | WX 158 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1978/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1977/05/12 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/29 | 
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                                        ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
 
Therapeutics [E02]Therapeutics 
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                        Patient Admission                                            
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                        Voluntary Admission                                            
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                | 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  | 
                                
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0016032 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Voluntary Admission | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Admission, Voluntary                                                 Admissions, Voluntary Voluntary Admissions  | 
                                
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