DECISIONS TO ADMIT NUMBER

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The total number of DECISIONS TO ADMIT taken within the REPORTING PERIOD for PATIENTS to be placed on ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST for admission to a Hospital Provider Spell. It includes private PATIENTS and PATIENTS who are Overseas Visitors.

It is the total of number of such DECISIONS TO ADMIT where:

 a.the DECIDED TO ADMIT DATE of the ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST ENTRIES is within the period of the REPORTING PERIOD START DATE and the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE.
  Within the REPORTING PERIOD includes where the date is the same as the start date or end date
 

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pluralDECISIONS TO ADMIT NUMBERS