Urgency related groups

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
Synonymous names:	URGs
METEOR identifier:	623137
Registration status:	Health, Standard 06/09/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/06/2020
Definition:	A patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the number and types of patients treated in an emergency department.
Context:	Urgency related groups (URGs) provide a summary of the complexity and type of patients treated within an emergency department. Emergency department episodes of care are grouped into URGs based on: The disposition recorded at the end of the patient's emergency department stay. This is captured by the episode end status. The urgency of the patient's need for care. This is captured by the triage category. The nature of the patient's diagnosis. This is captured by the major diagnostic block.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Urgency related groups Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Emergency department stay—urgency related group major diagnostic block Health, Standard 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/06/2020 Emergency department stay—urgency related group major diagnostic block, code N[AA] Health, Standard 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/06/2020 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Retired 19/11/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Urgency related group major diagnostic block Health, Standard 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/06/2020

Glossary Item Attributes