Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time (to service delivery), total minutes NNNNN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Emergency department waiting time to service delivery |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 270007 |
Registration status:![]() | Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 |
Definition:![]() | The time elapsed in minutes for each patient from presentation in the emergency department to a service occurrence of a specific event related to service delivery. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time |
Value Domain:![]() | Total minutes NNNNN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class:![]() | Total | |
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Data type:![]() | Number | |
Format:![]() | NNNNN | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 5 | |
Unit of measure:![]() | Minute (m) |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | Calculated from date and time of service event minus date and time patient presents. Although triage category 1 is measured in seconds, it is recognised that the data will not be collected with this precision. |
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Comments:![]() | It is recognised that at times of extreme urgency or multiple synchronous presentations, or if no medical officer is on duty in the emergency department, this service may be provided by a nurse. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | National reference group for non-admitted patient data development, 2001-02 |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Has been superseded by Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time (to service delivery), total minutes NNNNN Health, Superseded 22/12/2011 Is formed using Health service event—presentation date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Is formed using Health service event—presentation time, hhmm Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Is formed using Health service event—service commencement date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Is formed using Health service event—service commencement time, hhmm Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Is re-engineered from ![]() No registration status |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 |
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