Patient Admission

"Patient Admission" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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

Descriptor ID	D010343
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.400.600 N02.421.585.400.600
Concept/Terms	Patient Admission Patient Admission Admission, Patient Admissions, Patient Patient Admissions Voluntary Admission Voluntary Admission Admission, Voluntary Admissions, Voluntary Voluntary Admissions

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient Admission".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Hospitalization [E02.760.400]
Patient Admission [E02.760.400.600]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Hospitalization [N02.421.585.400]
Patient Admission [N02.421.585.400.600]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Patient Admission".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Patient Admission".

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Bar chart showing 132 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2017 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1996	2	2	4
1997	1	2	3
1998	1	1	2
1999	1	2	3
2000	3	3	6
2002	2	1	3
2003	1	3	4
2004	0	3	3
2005	2	3	5
2006	1	4	5
2007	2	3	5
2008	2	4	6
2009	1	2	3
2010	1	1	2
2011	2	4	6
2012	1	2	3
2013	2	3	5
2014	1	1	2
2015	7	1	8
2016	4	1	5
2017	4	7	11
2018	9	2	11
2019	2	2	4
2020	4	3	7
2021	4	4	8
2022	1	1	2
2023	0	1	1
2024	1	0	1
2025	3	0	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Admission" by people in Profiles.

Mathew PJ, Graetz E, Alouidor R, Pinto F, Aunchman AF, Kaafarani HM, Proa?o-Zamudio JA, Keating J, Lueckel SN, Moutinho MA, Schneider E, Schuster KM. Cell Phone Activity and Trauma Patient Volume in New England Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma Study. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Nov 01; 241(5):896-903.

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Smulowitz PB, Ostrovsky D, Burke RC, Novack V, Isbell L, Kan V, Zaborski L, Landon BE. Clinician Risk Tolerance and Rates of Admission From the Emergency Department for Medicare Patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2026 Jan; 87(1):29-38.

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Katz DE, Leibner G, Kaufman N, Esayag Y, Brammli-Greenberg S, Rose AJ. Improving Discrimination in Predicting Level of Care Needed for Patients Admitted with Pneumonia. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Sep; 40(13):3051-3057.

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Canellas MM, Jewell M, Edwards JL, Olivier D, Jun-O'Connell AH, Reznek MA. Measurement of Cost of Boarding in the Emergency Department Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Oct; 84(4):376-385.

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Pissaris A, Shappell E, Wittels KA. Acute Shortness of Breath in a Boarding Patient. J Emerg Med. 2024 02; 66(2):269-273.

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Jha A, Ojha CP, Bhattad PB, Sharma A, Thota A, Mishra AK, Krishnan AM, Roumia M. ST elevation myocardial infarction - national trend analysis with mortality differences in outcomes based on day of hospitalization. Coron Artery Dis. 2023 03 01; 34(2):119-126.

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Marquis T, Callas P, Schweitzer N, Bisanzo M, McGowan H, Sexton RJ, Pulcini CD. Characteristics of children boarding in emergency departments for mental health conditions in a rural state. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 08; 29(8):1024-1026.

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Antkowiak PS, Lee T, Chiu DT, Stenson BA, Traub SJ, Sanchez LD, Joseph JW. Not All Testers are Admitters: An Analysis of Emergency Physician Resource Utilization and Consultation Rates. J Emerg Med. 2022 04; 62(4):468-474.

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Hugunin J, Chen Q, Baek J, Clark RE, Lapane KL, Ulbricht CM. Quality of Nursing Homes Admitting Working-Age Adults With Serious Mental Illness. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 07; 73(7):745-751.

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Labuz DF, Cunningham A, Tobias J, Dixon A, Dewey E, Marenco CW, Escobar MA, Hazeltine MD, Cleary MA, Kotagal M, Falcone RA, Fallon SC, Naik-Mathuria B, MacArthur T, Klinkner DB, Shah A, Chernoguz A, Orioles A, Zagel A, Gosain A, Knaus M, Hamilton NA, Jafri MA. Venous thromboembolic risk stratification in pediatric trauma: A Pediatric Trauma Society Research Committee multicenter analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 10 01; 91(4):605-611.

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