Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time (to service delivery), total minutes NNNNN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Emergency department waiting time to service delivery
METEOR identifier:	390412
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 22/12/2011
Definition:	The time elapsed in minutes for each patient from presentation in the emergency department to the commencement of the Emergency Department service event.
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
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 by subtracting date and time the patient presents from Emergency Department date and time of commencement of service event. 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 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time (to service delivery), total minutes NNNNN Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—waiting time (to commencement of clinical care), total minutes NNNNN Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 08/12/2016
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2010-11 Health, Superseded 18/01/2011 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2010 Implementation end date: 30/06/2011 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2011-12 Health, Superseded 30/01/2012 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2011 Implementation end date: 30/06/2012
Implementation in Indicators:	Used as Numerator National Healthcare Agreement: P35-Waiting times for emergency department care, 2010 Health, Superseded 08/06/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PB 05-By 2012–13, 80 per cent of emergency department presentations are seen within clinically recommended triage times as recommended by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, 2011 Health, Superseded 30/10/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PB 05-By 2012–13, 80 per cent of emergency department presentations are seen within clinically recommended triage times as recommended by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, 2012 Health, Retired 25/06/2013 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a-Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion seen on time, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a-Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion seen on time, 2014 Health, Superseded 14/01/2015 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a-Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion seen on time, 2015 Health, Superseded 08/07/2016 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 35-Waiting times for emergency department care, 2011 Health, Superseded 31/10/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 35-Waiting times for emergency department care, 2012 Health, Superseded 25/06/2013