At the time of admission
Medication errors pose a threat of harm to hospital inpatients, leading to increased morbidity, mortality and economic burden to health services. Errors occur most commonly on transfer between care settings and particularly at the time of admission.
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Why do we need "the" in "at the time of admission"?
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Jigneshbharati Why do we need "the" in "at the time of admission"? "time" is singular noun. Such nouns must have a determiner, almost always 'a' or 'the'.
- Jigneshbharati Why do we need "the" in "at the time of admission"?
- "time" is singular noun.
- Such nouns must have a determiner, almost always 'a' or 'the'.
- You can't very well use 'a'.
- That implies one of many admission times.
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JigneshbharatiWhy do we need "the" in "at the time of admission"?
"time" is singular noun. Such nouns must have a determiner, almost always 'a' or 'the'.
You can't very well use 'a'. That implies one of many admission times. But in general patients are admitted to a hospital only once on a single hospital visit, not repeatedly. So you can probably
0Jigneshbharati at the time of admission
I think that "the" is needed to emphasise close association between the occurring of errors and that particular time, i.e. "the time of admission".
(I'm a non-native.)
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