Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living score code N
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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| METEOR identifier: | 446314 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 11/04/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 |
| Definition: | A code set that represents an individual's need for assistance with four activities of daily living. |
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Supplementary values: | 1 | Independent or supervision only |
| 2 | Limited assistance | |
| 3 | Limited physical assistance or Extensive assistance/total dependence/tube fed | |
| 4 | Other than two persons physical assist | |
| 5 | Two or more person physical assist | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | The Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living (RUG-ADL) is a four item scale measuring a person's motor function for activities of daily living including:
For bed mobility, toileting and transfers, valid values are: 1 - Independent or supervision only 3 - Limited physical assistance 4 - Other than two persons physical assist 5 - Two or more person physical assist Note: a score of 2 is not valid.
For eating, valid values are: 1 - Independent or supervision only 2 - Limited assistance 3 - Extensive assistance/total dependence/tube fed Note: a score of 4 or 5 is not valid. Scores are summed for the four ADL variables: bed mobility, toilet use, transfer and eating. A total RUG-ADL scores ranges from a minimum 4 and maximum 18. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Resource Utilisation Groups–Activities of Daily Living score code N Health, Superseded 17/01/2020 |
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| Data elements implementing this value domain: | Person—level of functional independence, Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living score code N Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 |