Abstract

Aim. To establish the essence, content and significant characteristics of the concept of hospitalization identified by various authors in publications from the electronic database Elibrary.ru, which is the basis of the Russian Science Citation Index.Material and methods. The search was carried out taking into account the morphological forms of the semantic unit "hospitalization" in the titles of publications, abstracts, keywords of articles in journals, books, conference proceedings, deposited manuscripts, data sets, dissertations, reports, patents, grants published in the period from January 1, 2013 to December 14, 2024 and posted in the Elibrary.ru database. At the second stage, the received publications were assessed according to the inclusion and non-inclusion criteria. At the final stage, a detailed study of the found publications in the compiled sample was carried out for the presence and disclosure of the concept of hospitalization.Results. In publications posted and summarized in the Elibrary.ru database, the concept of hospitalization is understood, as a rule, as the admission of a patient for medical examination and treatment in a medical organization in inpatient settings, including a day hospital.Conclusion. Establishment of the substantive, structural and functional characteristics of the concept of hospitalization, which have been identified by various authors, is a pressing scientific challenge. The work identifies further promising areas of scientific research.

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