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Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Time patient presents

METeOR identifier:

471889

Registration status:

Health, Standard 22/12/2011
Tasmanian Health, Draft 14/09/2012
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012

Definition:

The time at which the patient presents for the delivery of an emergency department service, expressed as hhmm.

Data Element Concept:

Emergency department stay—presentation time

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Time

Data type:

Date/Time

Format:

hhmm

Maximum character length:

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:

ISO 8601:2000 : Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange - Representation of dates and times

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

The time of patient presentation at the emergency department is the time of first recorded contact with an emergency department staff member. The first recorded contact can be the commencement of the clerical registration or triage process, whichever happens first.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

National Institution Based Ambulatory Model Reference Group

Origin:

National Health Data Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

See also Health service event—presentation time, hhmm Health, Standard 01/03/2005, Tasmanian Health, Draft 23/07/2012

Is used in the formation of Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length, total minutes NNNNN Health, Superseded 30/01/2012

Is used in the formation of Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length, total minutes NNNNN Health, Standard 30/01/2012, Tasmanian Health, Draft 14/09/2012, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Activity based funding: Emergency department care DSS 2013-2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Emergency department care activity based funding DSS 2012-2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 1 January 2012-30 June 2012 Health, Retired 30/01/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/01/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2012

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2012-13 Health, Standard 30/01/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Standardisation pending 13/12/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Implementation in Indicators:

Used as numerator
National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: National Emergency Access Target Health, Standardisation pending 09/05/2013