Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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| METEOR identifier: | 269538 |
| Registration status: |
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| Definition: | The day on which the patient is triaged. |
| Context: | Required to identify the commencement of the service and calculation of waiting times. |
Triage—triage date
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Object class: | Triage |
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| Definition: | Process by which a patient is briefly assessed upon arrival in the emergency department to determine the urgency of their problem and priority for care. |
| Context: | Emergency department care. |
| Specialisation of: | Service/care event |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Origin: | Hospital Demand Management Group, Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services Division, State Government Department of Human Services, Victoria. http://www.health.vic.gov.au/hdms/triage.htm |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Property: | Triage date |
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| Definition: | The date on which a patient is assessed to determine the urgency of their problem and priority for care. |
| Property group: | Service/care urgency |
Source and reference attributes
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date
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| Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Triage—triage date, DDMMYYYY
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