© 2017 Canadian Institute for Health Information Information Sheet RUG-III-HC Grouping Methodology What is RUG-III-HC? Resource Utilization Groups III Home Care (RUG-III-HC) is a decision-support tool. Canadian organizations that provide community-based care to seniors can apply the RUG-III-HC grouping methodology to their assessment data. It can be used to identify peer organizations, inform resource allocation and assist with planning. Figure RUG-III-HC 7 RUG-III-HC groups Clinical categories Special Care Special Rehabilitation Clinically Complex Impaired Cognition Behaviour Problems Reduced Physical Functions Extensive Services 23 3 3 2 4 3 3 5 Increasing clinical complexity Decreasing predicted resource utilization (staff time) Structure • There are 7 RUG-III-HC categories. • Each category has between 2 and 5 RUG-III-HC groups. • Categories are ordered in a clinical hierarchy from most to least resource intensive (i.e., Special Rehabilitation is the most resource-intensive category). Additional resources CIHI’s Case Mix web page: cihi.ca/casemix CIHI’s Learning Centre: learning.cihi.ca 15810-0717 [email protected] For data-specific information: [email protected]
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© 2017 Canadian Institute for Health Information
Information Sheet
RUG-III-HC Grouping MethodologyWhat is RUG-III-HC?Resource Utilization Groups III Home Care (RUG-III-HC) is a decision-support tool. Canadian organizations that provide community-based care to seniors can apply the RUG-III-HC grouping methodology to their assessment data. It can be used to identify peer organizations, inform resource allocation and assist with planning.
Figure RUG-III-HC
7 RUG-III-HC groupsClinical categories
Special Care
Special Rehabilitation
Clinically Complex
Impaired Cognition
Behaviour Problems
Reduced Physical Functions
Extensive Services
23
3
3
2
4
3
3
5
Increasing clinical
complexity
Decreasing predicted resource utilization (staff time)
Structure• There are 7 RUG-III-HC categories.
• Each category has between 2 and 5 RUG-III-HC groups.
• Categories are ordered in a clinical hierarchy from most to least resource intensive (i.e., Special Rehabilitation is the most resource-intensive category).
Additional resourcesCIHI’s Case Mix web page: cihi.ca/casemix
CIHI’s Learning Centre: learning.cihi.ca
15810-0717
For data-specific information:[email protected]
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