| Item name | Urgency category |
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| epiCentre name | Urgency |
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| Definition | Record of the urgency category assigned to the patient by the pain management service. |
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| Usage | This variable was designed to allow PMS to categorise patients by urgency. Note however that some services have indicated that they use this variable to categorise patients on a different measure. It is therefore recommended that researchers interpret results using this variable with caution. |
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| ID | 2-011 |
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| Mandatory | |
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| Source | ePPOC |
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| Business rules | Nil |
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| Dependencies | |
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| Data type | Numeric code set |
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| Format | N[N] |
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| Maximum length | 1 |
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| Data domain |
| Code | Description |
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| 1 | Low | | 2 | Moderate | | 3 | High |
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| Conditions | Nil |
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| Level | Patient |
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| Derived item | |
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| Derived by | Not applicable |
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| Notes | Format and data length are longer than specified code set to account for supplementary values. |
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