Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time (to service delivery), total minutes NNNNN
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 |
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| 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 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. | |
| 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references: | Supersedes  Emergency department waiting time to service delivery, version 2, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.7 KB) No registration statusIs formed using Health service event—presentation date, DDMMYYYY
Is formed using Health service event—presentation time, hhmm
Is formed using Health service event—service commencement date, DDMMYYYY
Is formed using Health service event—service commencement time, hhmm
Has been superseded by Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time (to service delivery), total minutes NNNNN
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