Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Overdue patient

METeOR identifier:

471710

Registration status:

Health, Standard 13/12/2011

Definition:

Whether or not a patient is an overdue patient, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:

Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Overdue patient
2	Other

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

This metadata item is required for patients in all 'Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N' categories. Overdue patients are those for whom the hospital system has failed to provide timely care and whose wait may have an adverse effect on the outcome of their care. They are identified by a comparison of 'Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at removal), total days N[NNN]' or 'Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at a census date), total days N[NNN]' and the maximum desirable time limit for the 'Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N' classification.

A patient is classified as overdue if ready for care and waiting time at admission or waiting time at a census date is longer than 30 days for patients in 'Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N' category 1, 90 days for patients in 'Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N' category 2, or 365 days for patients in 'Elective surgery waiting list episode-clinical urgency, code N' category 3.