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		Ancapistani 84 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The most male and female reasons to end up hospita... Surely "admissions" does not include scheduled doctor's appointments?

belorn 84 days ago [–]

Based on the data it seem it does.

"HES contains records of all admissions, appointments and attendances at NHS-commissioned hospital services in England."

One could limit the data to accidents and illnesses. Outcome of pregnancy would then not qualify unless there were complications.

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