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Multiple Admissions Same Month

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Problem

Providence patient encounter reporting needs to flag patients with repeated inpatient admissions during the same calendar month. Write a PostgreSQL query using the patients and admissions tables.

Requirements

  1. Return each qualifying patient's ID and name, the calendar month, and the number of admissions.
  2. Include a comma-separated, chronologically ordered list of admission IDs for that patient and month.
  3. Return only patient-month groups with at least two admissions, excluding admissions with a missing admission timestamp.
  4. Order results by admission month and patient ID.

Schema

patients
ColumnTypeDescription
patient_idPKINTEGERUnique patient identifier
full_nameVARCHAR(100)Patient's full name
birth_dateDATEPatient's date of birth
admissions
ColumnTypeDescription
admission_idPKINTEGERUnique admission identifier
patient_idINTEGERPatient associated with the admission
admitted_atTIMESTAMPAdmission timestamp
discharge_dateDATEDischarge date when available
admission_typeVARCHAR(30)Admission classification
Tablespatientsadmissions
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