Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor) (Data Element Concept)

Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor)

Type: Data Element Concept
Identifiers: UUID - 6744d8e6-158c-11e7-803e-0242ac110017; meteor:meteor/269607/
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Stewardship Organisation: Aristotle Demo Organisation
Endorsed by: Health : Standard on March 1, 2005

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Created: 07 March 2015
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Definition

The area of clinical expertise held by the doctor who will perform the elective surgery.

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Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor)
- Object Class
  Elective surgery waiting list episode
- Property
  Surgical specialty
Conceptual Domain
None

Comments

Context:

Elective surgery:

Many hospitals manage their waiting lists on a specialty basis. Current data shows that the total ready-for-care times waited and numbers of long wait patients vary significantly between specialties. Furthermore, the hospital capacity to handle the demand for elective surgery varies with specialty.

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This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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