Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length, total minutes NNNNN

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Data Element
Short name:Length of non-admitted patient emergency department service episode
METeOR identifier:472820
Registration status:Health, Superseded 30/01/2012
Definition:The amount of time, measured in minutes, between when a patient presents at an emergency department, and when the non-admitted emergency department service episode has concluded.
Data Element Concept:Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Total
Data type:Number
Format:NNNNN
Maximum character length:5
Unit of measure:Minute (m)

Data element attributes

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:National reference group for non-admitted patient data development, 2001-02

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Is formed using Emergency department stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 22/12/2011, Tasmanian Health, Draft 14/09/2012, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012

Is formed using Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm Health, Standard 22/12/2011, Tasmanian Health, Draft 14/09/2012, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012

Has been superseded by Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length, total minutes NNNNN Health, Standard 30/01/2012, Tasmanian Health, Draft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

Supersedes Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length, total minutes NNNNN Health, Superseded 23/05/2012

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:
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Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 1 January 2012-30 June 2012 Health, Retired 30/01/2012

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Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2011-12 Health, Superseded 30/01/2012

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