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An ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST is a list of one or more PATIENTS waiting for admission to hospital with or without a ‘to come in date’. It does not include PATIENTS waiting for a first OUT-PATIENT APPOINTMENT CONSULTANT. Lists can be maintained in several forms, using either computer or manual systems, including CONSULTANTS' diaries. They may be kept by TREATMENT FUNCTION CODE or for an individual CARE PROFESSIONAL.

A PATIENT can be on more than one ELECTIVE ADMISSION LISTS. This may be because the PATIENT needs treatment for more than one condition or because the PATIENT has been placed on the list of more than one provider for the same condition.

It is also possible for a PATIENT to be entered on an ELECTIVE ADMISSION LISTS more than once, either for a different condition or for the same condition, where two or more admissions are required. For example, a PATIENT would have two ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST ENTRIES on a list where the intention was to perform two or more operations requiring two or more admissions, such as repair of inguinal hernia and operation on varicose veins. Only one ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST ENTRY should be made in the event of the intention to perform two or more procedures during one admission.

PATIENTS already in a hospital bed who are waiting for transfer in the same provider unit or to another provider unit cannot be included in an ELECTIVE ADMISSION LISTS. The ELECTIVE ADMISSION LISTS is only for PATIENTS without a current provider spell waiting for admission to hospital to start a HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL. 

This data element is also known by these names:

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plural	ELECTIVE ADMISSION LISTS