Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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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:
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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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Related metadata references: | Supersedes Urgency related groups Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 |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25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/06/2020 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Retired 19/11/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Urgency related group major diagnostic block Health, Standard 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/06/2020 |