Health Care

Hospital Admitting Department

Hospital department responsible for the flow of patients and the processing of admissions, discharges, transfers, and also most procedures to be carried out in the event of a patient's death.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Hospital department responsible for the flow of patients and the processing of admissions, discharges, transfers, and also most procedures to be carried out in the event of a patient's death.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Admitting Department, Hospital
  • Hospital Admissions Office
  • Admissions Office, Hospital
  • Admissions Offices, Hospital
  • Admitting Departments, Hospital
  • Department, Hospital Admitting
  • Departments, Hospital Admitting
  • Hospital Admissions Offices
  • Hospital Admitting Departments
  • Office, Hospital Admissions
  • Offices, Hospital Admissions
  • Admitting Department
  • Admitting Departments
  • Department, Admitting
  • Departments, Admitting

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

91(Aug 77); was see under HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS 1977-90

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Tree Numbers

  1. N02.278w.216.500.968w.040
  2. N04w.452.442.452.422w.040

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Admitting Department. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000289. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000289
  2. Hospital Admitting Department. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70361688