Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Object Class |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 268958 |
Registration status:![]() | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition:![]() | A patient is a person for whom a hospital accepts responsibility for treatment and/or care. There are two categories of patient, admitted and non-admitted patients. Boarders are not patients. |
Context:![]() | Admitted patient care and public hospital establishments. |
Specialisation of:![]() | Person/group of persons |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin:![]() | National Health Data Committee |
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