Elective surgery waiting list episode—extended wait patient indicator, code N
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Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Extended wait patient |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 269964 |
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Definition:![]() | Whether a patient is an extended wait patient, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Elective surgery waiting list episode—extended wait patient indicator |
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Data type:![]() | Number | ||||||||||||||||||||
Format:![]() | N | ||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum character length:![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Guide for use:![]() | A patient is classified as an extended wait patient if the patient is in clinical urgency category 3 at the time of admission or at a census time and has been waiting for the elective surgery for more than one year. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comments:![]() | This metadata item is used to identify clinical urgency category 3 patients who had waited longer than one year at admission or have waited longer than one year at the time of a census. An extended wait patient is not an overdue patient as there is no maximum desirable waiting time specified for patients in clinical urgency category 3 as they have been assessed as not having a clinically urgent need for the awaited procedure. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes ![]() Is formed using Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at a census date), total days N[NNN]
Is formed using Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at removal), total days N[NNN]
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