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Patient Admission - Economics
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Definition of 'Patient Admission'The process of accepting patients. The concept includes patients accepted for medical and nursing care in a hospital or other health care institution. Common names: Patient Admission; Admission, Patient; Admissions, Patient; Patient Admissions; Voluntary Admission; Admission, Voluntary; Admissions, Voluntary; Voluntary Admissions |
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
30 Aug 2009 
Finding alternatives to hospital admissions for older people and helping them to live for as long as possible in their own homes is a key objective of UK health and social policy. However, there is a lack of proof as to whether such alternatives ... Read more...
24 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: The impact of reducing door-to-balloon time on hospital revenues, costs, and net income is unknown. METHODS: We prospectively determined the impact on hospital finances of (1) emergency department physician activation of the ... Read more...
Validating household reports of health care use in the medical expenditure panel survey.
11 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a widely used nationally representative survey of health care use and expenditures. Numerous studies raise concerns that use is underreported in household surveys. OBJECTIVE: To assess the ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Patient Admission - Economics'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- On the effectiveness of care co-ordination services aimed at preventing hospital admissions and emergency attendances. 30 Aug 2009
- Financial impact of reducing door-to-balloon time in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a single hospital experience. 24 Jul 2009
- Validating household reports of health care use in the medical expenditure panel survey. 11 Jul 2009
- Asthma: code for every service you provide.
29 Jun 2009 - [Evaluation of hospital admissions for angiocardiographic procedures in patients with cardiovascular disease (DRG 124): a retrospective study in four Rome hospitals (Italy)] 29 Apr 2009
- The burden of hospitalized hip fractures: patterns of admissions in a level I trauma center over 20 years. 29 Apr 2009
- Model-based cost-effectiveness analysis of interventions aimed at preventing medication error at hospital admission (medicines reconciliation). 30 Mar 2009
- Interstate variation in the burden of fragility fractures. 30 Mar 2009
- Reduction in medication costs for patients with chronic nonmalignant pain completing a pain rehabilitation program: a prospective analysis of admission, discharge, and 6-month follow-up medication costs. 17 Mar 2009
- Cost variation in child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient treatment. 12 Mar 2009
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of ED decision making in patients with non-high-risk heart failure. 27 Feb 2009
- Measuring use and cost of care for patients with mood disorders: the utilization and cost inventory. 30 Jan 2009
- CIHI Survey: ED spending in Canada: a focus on the cost of patients waiting for access to an in-patient bed in Ontario.
30 Dec 2008 - There may be no room in the inn, but the innkeepers sure are happy. 30 Dec 2008
- Existence of important variations in the United States in the treatment of pediatric mastoiditis. 30 Dec 2008
- Hospital organization and importance of an interventional radiology inpatient admitting service: Italian single-center 3-year experience. 16 Dec 2008
- Navigating the perfect storm. 29 Nov 2008
- Expensive detour or a way forward? The experience of routine outcome measurement in an aged care psychiatry service. 29 Nov 2008
- A review of clinical pathway data of 1,663 total knee arthroplasties in a tertiary institution in Singapore. 30 Oct 2008
- Monitor your facility's use of Condition Code 44. 30 Oct 2008
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Technical information about 'Patient Admission'
Definition: The process of accepting patients. The concept includes patients accepted for medical and nursing care in a hospital or other health care institution.
Descriptor UI: D010343
Alternative terms: Patient Admission; Admission, Patient; Admissions, Patient; Patient Admissions; Voluntary Admission; Admission, Voluntary; Admissions, Voluntary; Voluntary Admissions;
Related Mesh Headings: Patient Readmission;
Allowable Qualifiers: economics; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; statistics & numerical data; trends;
Tree Number: E02.760.400.600; N02.421.585.400.600;
History Note: 78