%T National definitions for elective surgery urgency categories: proposal for the Standing Council on Health




%I Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
%D 2013

%K Elections, %K Medicine



%U https://apo.org.au/node/35105

%X Summary
There are apparent inconsistencies in clinical urgency categorisation  among the states and territories, so recent national reporting of  comparable elective surgery waiting times data has not used the national  data on clinical urgency category. Variation in the recording of  waiting times for patients who are not ready for care, for example, for planned follow-up surgery, has also been apparent.
%9 Report