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preadmission

preadmission

1 6.3
The process before a hospital, school, or program accepts someone
  • noun
  • /ˌpriːədˈmɪʃən/
translation icon : preadmisión
  • In the hospital, the attending physician may be asked to perform a preadmission assessment to determine psychosocial and functional status, including severity of physical, mental, and cognitive impairments.
  • preadmission surgical patients

Examples

  • The hospital requires a preadmission assessment before you can schedule your surgery.

  • Respondents provided constructive suggestions for improvements to the program, such as information pamphlets and preadmission visits to the rehabilitation facility.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Several respondents recommended that rehabilitation programs have a preadmission orientation for their patients.

    Academic text (1993)

  • This proportion is likely to rise due to the increasing use of preadmission antibiotic therapy.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Other efforts were made to control access through preadmission screening programs and stricter eligibility criteria.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The Learning Disabilities program assists learning-disabled students from university preadmission to graduation.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Their findings showed that same-day admission surgical patients who received preadmission structured education were more satisfied, more likely to meet their targeted discharge date, and returned to prior functional status sooner.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Thus, to ensure both the continuity of care for the patient/client from preadmission to return home (or its equivalent) and financial viability for the hospital, social workers in all hospitals must focus on discharge planning.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The emerging role of the social worker as case manager in coordinating care from preadmission through posthospitalization needs to be integrated into the health care curriculum (Berkman, 1996).

    Academic text (1997)

  • During the preadmission phase, patients receive important information about their upcoming treatment.

Synonyms

preregistration
vspreadmission
1 4.2

Signing up for something before it officially starts or before the deadline

is a preparatory period before official acceptance into an institution often medical

Surface Forms

preadmission singular
preadmissions plural

Morphology

preadmission = admission (transparent) = pre + admiss + ion

The noun is transparently built from 'admission' with 'pre-' meaning the period or process before admission.

Etymology

Preadmission comes from pre- meaning 'before' and admission meaning 'being let in' (like the verb admit). A preadmission is the process or period of checks and forms that happens before someone is accepted into a hospital, school, or job.