The phrase "admission indication" is not commonly used in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts related to healthcare or education, where it refers to signs or criteria indicating the need for admission.
Example: "The admission indication for the program includes a minimum GPA and relevant experience in the field."
Alternatives: "admission criteria" or "admission signs".
The final admission indication to be identified was Intent-Toxicity.
The positive predictive value (PPV) of each admission indication as sorted by CCS groups was determined by calculating the percentage of the true positives (i.e., admissions with ICD-9 codes appropriate for the admission indication) within each admission category.
Social/emotional problems were not mentioned in 1993, and also in 2005, this admission indication was only taken into account after discussion.
While more analysis is needed to understand the variation within each admission indication, the significant variation between admission indications supports our categorization of admissions.
The following population characteristics were assessed: age, gender, admission indication, multimorbidity, pressure ulcer sores and intensity of care needed (scale from zero to 10) [ 14, 15].
Although some admissionsremained undefined after application of our algorithm, the admission indication categories translate to clinical practice with greater ease than grouping admissions solely by the primary diagnosis.
As a result, increasing numbers of oncology patients are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), for either life-threatening cancer-related complications, treatment-associated side effects or standard critical care admission indications [5].
Mean resource utilization, and frequency of HCT, ICU use, and death were compared across admission indications.
The cohort of childhood cancer admissions was sorted into admission indications using CCS diagnostic and procedure categories.
Details collected included date of admission, indications for admission, the date and time of procedures requested (diagnostic/therapeutic), referrals made, date of planned and actual discharge, and LOS.
Intent-Procedure admissions were associated with higher mean costs of hospitalization, longer hospital stays, and higher costs per day compared with other admission indications.
