ORGANISATIONS may find it useful to classify THEATRE CASES as Routine or Emergency as follows:
 

a.	Routine theatre cases: patients for whom arrangements have been made in advance. These cases may have been admitted to hospital either electively or as emergencies
b.	Emergency theatre cases: patients whose visit to the OPERATING THEATRE was not foreseen but takes place as a result of illness or a complication requiring an urgent operation. These cases may have been admitted to hospital either electively or as emergencies and the operation may take place during or outside either type of scheduled session

 

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	ROUTINE OR EMERGENCIES