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Can someone confirm if "urgent_care" makes sense in British English,<br>
rather than "walk-in" or something else?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It isn't like there isn't already a categorization scheme, harmonized globally, with translations available in most languages ( not only English ). Or, alternatively, spend the next decade organically expanding an ad hoc tagging scheme that eventually collapses under edge cases. Neither of those terms are definitive, they are flavors of ambulatory care which range from flu shots given by pharmacists to actual minor surgery capable ( non-IV, non-anesthesia ) housed in major retail chains - like <a href="https://washington.providence.org/locations-directory/e/express-care-walgreens-mukilteo">https://washington.providence.org/locations-directory/e/express-care-walgreens-mukilteo</a> . Pandemic-wise, one could probably perceive the utility in harmonization with everybody else's established categorization schemes rather than inventing an incomplete new one. IMHO, at least. <br></div><div><br></div><div style="margin-left:40px">
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to see more or less detail as is necessary for business analysis. </i><br></div><div><br></div><div>Repost below, regarding the term 'clinic', a previous 'definition' issue:</div><div>
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] When is your doctor a clinic?<br>
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There are international taxonomies that define standards for the various<br>
terms involved in healthcare provision ( like<br>
*<a href="https://www.hl7.org/about/index.cfm?ref=nav*" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hl7.org/about/index.cfm?ref=nav*</a><br>
<<a href="https://www.hl7.org/about/index.cfm?ref=nav" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hl7.org/about/index.cfm?ref=nav</a>> ). These are important for<br>
many reasons, like Drs Without Borders may draw personnel from many<br>
countries and integrate with local medical staff. For example:<br>
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*Definition: *A facility or distinct part of one used for the diagnosis<br>
and treatment of outpatients. "Clinic/center" is irregularly defined,<br>
either including or excluding physician's offices and allied health<br>
professionals, sometimes being limited to organizations serving specialized<br>
treatment requirements or distinct patient/client groups (e.g., radiology,<br>
poor, public health). *Source: * *Rhea, Ott, and Shafritz, The Facts On<br>
File Dictionary of Health Care Management, New York: Facts On File<br>
Publications, 1988; Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations<br>
and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, The Joint Commission on Accreditation<br>
of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois: 1994, p. 185*"<br>
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( from<br>
<a href="https://www.hl7.org/documentcenter/public/standards/vocabulary/vocabulary_tables/infrastructure/vocabulary/nuccProviderCodes.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hl7.org/documentcenter/public/standards/vocabulary/vocabulary_tables/infrastructure/vocabulary/nuccProviderCodes.html</a><br>
)<br>
<br>
United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (<span class="gmail-il">UNSPSC</span>) at<br>
<a href="https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/unspsc-codes" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/<span class="gmail-il">unspsc</span>-codes</a> ) has a medical portion, but<br>
fairly limited.There are some sites with easier to use interfaces:<br>
<a href="http://www.wpc-edi.com/reference/codelists/healthcare/health-care-provider-taxonomy-code-set/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.wpc-edi.com/reference/codelists/healthcare/health-care-provider-taxonomy-code-set/</a><br>
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Yes, it's complicated. Most things in the real world are.<br>
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Michael Patrick<br>
Data Ferret<br>
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