Emergency department stay—waiting time (to commencement of clinical care), 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 clinical care commencement |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 471932 |
Registration status:![]() |
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Definition:![]() | The time elapsed in minutes for each patient from presentation in the emergency department to the commencement of the emergency department non-admitted clinical care. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Emergency department stay—waiting time (to commencement of clinical care) |
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 by subtracting the date and time the patient presents to the emergency department from the date and time the emergency department non-admitted clinical care commenced. Although triage category 1 is measured in seconds, it is recognised that the data will not be collected with this precision.
This data element should not be completed for patients who have an Episode end status of ‘Did not wait’. |
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
Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—waiting time (to commencement of clinical care), total minutes NNNNN
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 01/03/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Conditional obligation: This data item is to be recorded if the patient has one of the following non-admitted patient emergency department service episode - episode end status values reported:
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012 Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 Conditional obligation: This data item is to be recorded if the patient has one of the following Episode end status values recorded:
Health, Retired 30/01/2012 Implementation start date: 01/01/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2012 Health, Superseded 04/02/2015 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 Conditional obligation: This data item is to be recorded if the patient has one of the following Episode end status values recorded:
Health, Superseded 02/12/2015 Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2016 Conditional obligation: This data item is to be recorded if the patient has one of the following Episode end status values recorded:
Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: This data item is to be recorded if the patient has one of the following Episode end status values recorded:
Health, Superseded 07/02/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 Conditional obligation: This data item is to be recorded if the patient has one of the following Episode end status values recorded:
Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Conditional obligation: This data item is to be recorded if the patient has one of the following Episode end status values recorded:
Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 Conditional obligation: This data item is to be recorded if the patient has one of the following Episode end status values recorded:
Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2016 Conditional obligation: This data item is to be recorded if the patient has one of the following Episode end status values recorded:
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Implementation in Indicators:![]() |
Used as Numerator
National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Percentage of patients who commenced treatment within clinically recommended time 2014
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion seen on time, 2016
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion seen on time, 2017
Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2013, KPI??-Percentage of all emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2013
Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2013, KPI??-Percentage of triage 1 emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2013
Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2013, KPI??-Percentage of triage 2 emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2013
Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Percentage of all emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2014
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