Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time (to service delivery), total minutes NNNNN
Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:
Data Element
Short name:
Emergency department waiting time to service delivery
METeOR identifier:
270007
Registration status:
Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:
The time elapsed in minutes for each patient from presentation in the emergency department to a service occurrence of a specific event related to service delivery.
Calculated from date and time of service event minus date and time patient presents. Although triage category 1 is measured in seconds, it is recognised that the data will not be collected with this precision.
Comments:
It is recognised that at times of extreme urgency or multiple synchronous presentations, or if no medical officer is on duty in the emergency department, this service may be provided by a nurse.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:
National reference group for non-admitted patient data development, 2001-02
