Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 472764 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 25/05/2020 |
Definition: | The date on which the patient/client presents for the delivery of an emergency department service. |
Context: | Admitted patient care. Community health care. Hospital non-admitted patient care: Required to identify commencement of a visit and for calculation of waiting times. |