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Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Glossary Item
METeOR identifier:334003
Registration status:Health, Standard 24/03/2006
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Proposed 16/10/2012
Definition:

Process by which a patient is briefly assessed upon arrival in the emergency department to determine the urgency of their problem and priority for care.

Context:Emergency department care

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:Hospital Demand Management Group, Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services Division, State Government Department of Human Services, Victoria. http://www.health.vic.gov.au/hdms/triage.htm

Relational attributes

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Tasmanian Health, Draft 14/09/2012
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012

Triage category code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012

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