Admitted to the hospital vs Admitted in the hospital

The correct phrase is 'admitted to the hospital.' This is the commonly used expression when someone is taken into a hospital for medical care. 'Admitted in the hospital' is not a standard phrase in English.

Last updated: April 05, 2024 • 566 views

Admitted to the hospital

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when someone is taken into a hospital for medical care. It indicates the action of being accepted as a patient in the hospital.

Examples:

He was admitted to the hospital for surgery.
She was admitted to the hospital after the accident.
The doctor decided to admit him to the hospital for further observation.
After the diagnosis, the patient was admitted to the hospital immediately.
The ambulance rushed him to the hospital, and he was admitted without delay.

Alternatives:

hospitalized
taken to the hospital
admitted for treatment
admitted as a patient
admitted for surgery

Admitted in the hospital

This phrase is not a standard expression in English. The preposition 'to' is the correct choice in this context.

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Admitted in the hospital
I heard that Han Na was admitted in the hospital...
At times, we extend some financial help in paying their house rent, the boy's school fees, and medical expenses when the woman is admitted in the hospital, and make time to listen to them and counsel them.
I needed permission to be admitted to the hospital in Żyrardów.
I was admitted to the hospital in downtown Minneapolis in the morning of Thursday, August 10, 2017.
Chad, do you remember how you were feeling... when your uncle admitted you in the hospital?
One such baby took very ill in the custody of CWC and was admitted in the ICU at Rani Hospital.
Today, state-controlled media also announced another six new cases of the H5N1 infection, all in northern provinces.All six patients were admitted to a hospital in the capital.
Carlo Urbani was the main referee for Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam concerning the study of transmissible diseases.At the end of February 2003 he worked at a case of suspect atypical pneumonia in an American businessman who had been admitted in the town's hospital.
Local witnesses claim the agents "stormed the al-Aqsa mosque" with rubber coated steel bullets and deafening grenades.According to an initial assessment more than a hundred people were wounded in the clashes, some of whom were admitted to hospitals in the city.
It IS the day I was admitted to the hospital.
The bald man was admitted to the hospital minus an eyeball.
You wrote that he was admitted to the hospital with...
No one by that name has ever been admitted to the hospital.
Well, Tyler was just admitted to the hospital.
Apparently 23 attendees were admitted to the hospital.
We actually had a victim admitted to the hospital last week.
Mom's been admitted to the hospital back in Philly.
Our pastry maker was just admitted to the hospital with a highly contagious intestinal virus.
Yes, she was admitted to the hospital two months ago.
Two kids were admitted to the hospital with suspicious wounds on their necks.

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