The type of unit to which the PATIENT is admitted either from A&E or directly by the ambulance service and where the patient will spend the majority of the first 24 hours in hospital following an Acute Myocardial Infarction.

National Codes:

1	Cardiac Care Unit
2	Acute Admissions unit
3	General medical ward
4	Intensive therapy unit
5	Other
6	Died in A&E
7	Cardiac ward (non-Cardiac Care Unit)
8	Stepdown ward

References:
Acute Myocardial Infarction Core Data Set

 

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	AMI ADMISSION WARD TYPES