Table 1 Prioritisation instruments' criteria, levels and scores
Prioritisation instruments | ||
|---|---|---|
Criteria | Hip and knee arthroplasty | Cataract surgery |
Severity of the disease: | -mild (0) | |
-Arthroplasty: clinical and radiological exploration | -moderate (0) | -moderate (20) |
-Cataract surgery: visual incapacity1 | -severe (18) | -severe (35) |
-extremely severe (45) | ||
Pain | -mild (0) | - |
-moderate (17) | ||
-severe (33) | ||
Probability of recovery | -moderate (0) | -moderate (0) |
-high (4) | -high (6) | |
-very high (7) | ||
Difficulty in doing ADL2 | -has some difficulty (0) | - has some difficulty (0) |
-has great difficulty (10) | - has great difficulty (11) | |
-Unable to do most ADL (20) | - Unable to do most ADL (15) | |
Limitation on ability to work | -no/does not work (0) | - no/does not work (0) |
-yes (10) | -yes (14) | |
Has someone to look after the patient | -yes (0) | -yes (0) |
-no (9) | -no (11) | |
Be a care-giver | -no (0) | -no (0) |
-yes (6) | -yes (8) | |