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How to get myself admitted to the hospital?

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Dr. David Mcadams answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Depends: Just because you might want to be admitted to that hospital does not mean you will be. That can be determined by you primary care doctor or an emergency room physician and is based on your symptoms and testing for your cheif complaint.

Answered 7/16/2014

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