Pw. Crone et Mr. Whitlock, THE ROLE OF ACTIVITY-RELATED GROUPS IN ASSESSING WORKLOAD IN THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, Archives of emergency medicine, 10(3), 1993, pp. 212-215
Workload of the Accident & Emergency (A&E) Department at Barnet Genera
l Hospital was studied over a 1-year period. All new patients were div
ided into Activity-Related Groups (ARGs). Doctor.work hours, for the y
ear, were calculated utilizing the ARGs. This provided an estimate of
the minimum required staffing level. ARGs are a potentially useful too
l in auditing workload of individual doctors and the department as a w
hole.