TY - JOUR T1 - The role of activity-related groups in assessing workload in the accident and emergency department. JF - Archives of Emergency Medicine JO - Arch Emerg Med SP - 212 LP - 215 DO - 10.1136/emj.10.3.212 VL - 10 IS - 3 AU - P W Crone AU - M R Whitlock Y1 - 1993/09/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/10/3/212.abstract N2 - Workload of the Accident & Emergency (A&E) Department at Barnet General Hospital was studied over a 1-year period. All new patients were divided into Activity-Related Groups (ARGs). Doctor work hours, for the year, were calculated utilizing the ARGs. This provided an estimate of the minimum required staffing level. ARGs are a potentially useful tool in auditing workload of individual doctors and the department as a whole. ER -