Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element Concept
METEOR identifier:Help on this term313808
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 22/12/2011
Definition:Help on this termThe date on which the patient is triaged.
Context:Help on this term

Emergency Department care.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode
Definition:Help on this termThe treatment or care between when a patient presents at an emergency department and when the non-admitted patient emergency department treatment or care ends.
Context:Help on this termEmergency department care.
Specialisation of:Help on this termService episode

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Includes patients who do not wait for treatment once registered or triaged, and those who are dead on arrival at the emergency department.

Both a non-admitted patient emergency department service episode and an admitted patient episode of care should be recorded for patients who subsequently undergo a formal admission. The end of the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode should indicate the commencement of the admitted episode of care, if applicable.

A non-admitted patient emergency department service episode ends when either the patient is admitted or, if the patient is not to be admitted, when the patient is recorded as ready to leave the emergency department or when they are recorded as having left at their own risk.

Comments:Help on this termThis metadata item has been defined to support the national minimum data set for Non-admitted patient emergency department care.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termNational reference group for non-admitted patient data development, 2001-02

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:Triage date
Definition:Help on this termThe date on which a patient is assessed to determine the urgency of their problem and priority for care.
Property group:Help on this termService/care urgency

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date
  • Health, Superseded 30/01/2012
Supersedes Triage—triage date
  • Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:Help on this term
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Superseded 22/12/2011