National definitions for elective surgery urgency categories: proposal for the Standing Council on Health, Table of contents - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

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Release Date: 31 Jul 2013
Author: AIHW
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In 2012, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons worked together to develop national definitions for elective surgery urgency categories, at the request of the Standing Council on Health. The development of the national definitions resulted in a package of six integrated components proposed for adoption. This report presents the proposed definitions and components.

ISBN: 978-1-74249-465-4
Cat. no: HSE 138
Pages: 77

Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Summary
  - The national elective surgery urgency category definitions package
  - Implementation of the package
Body section
- Introduction
  - Variation in urgency category assignment for elective surgery
  - Recommendations of the Expert Panel
  - This document
- Objectives
- Definition of 'elective' surgery
- The national elective surgery urgency category definitions package
  - How will consistency be achieved?
  - A statement of an overarching principle for urgency category assignment
  - Simplified, time-based definitions of urgency categories
  - Information on the 'usual' urgency categories for higher volume procedures
  - Information on comparative urgency categorisation
  - 'Treat in turn' as a principle for elective surgery management
  - Clarified approaches for patients who are not ready for surgery
- Implementing the package
  - Timeframes and processes
- Other issues
  - Procedures in scope
  - Types of elective surgery provided by public hospitals
  - Inclusion of 'staged' procedures in nationally reported waiting times information
  - Waiting times from referral to surgical services
  - Detailed scoring systems
End matter
- Appendixes
  - Appendix A: Current data on urgency categorisation and staged patients
  - Appendix B: Urgency category definitions variation in Australia
  - Appendix C: International approaches to urgency categorisation
  - Appendix D: Summary of consultations for this report
  - Appendix E: Examples of feedback material on comparative urgency categorisation
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures

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