Emergency department stay—physical departure time, hhmm

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termEmergency department physical departure time
METEOR identifier:Help on this term474438
Registration status:Help on this term
Definition:Help on this termThe time at which a patient departs an emergency department after a stay, expressed as hhmm.
Context:Help on this termEmergency department care.
Data Element Concept:Emergency department stay—physical departure time

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termTime
Data type:Help on this termDate/Time
Format:Help on this termhhmm
Maximum character length:Help on this term4

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:Help on this termISO 8601:2000 : Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange - Representation of dates and times

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this termThe episode end status should guide the selection of the value to be recorded in this field:

  • If the service episode is completed without the patient being admitted, then record the time the patient's emergency department non-admitted clinical care ended.
  • If the service episode is completed and the patient is referred to another hospital for admission, then record the time the patient leaves the emergency department.
  • If the patient was dead on arrival, then record the time the body was removed from the emergency department. If an emergency department physician certified the death of the patient outside the emergency department, then record the time the patient was certified dead.
Collection methods:Help on this termCollected in conjunction with emergency department physical departure date.
Comments:Help on this termThis data element has been developed for the purpose of State and Territory compliance with the Australian Health Care Agreement and the agreed national access performance indicator.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Emergency department stay—physical departure time, hhmm
Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—physical departure time, hhmm
See also Emergency department stay—physical departure date, DDMMYYYY
See also Emergency department stay—physical departure date, DDMMYYYY
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Activity based funding: Emergency department care DSS 2013-2014
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 01/03/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Emergency department care activity based funding DSS 2012-2013
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012

DSS specific attributes +

Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 04/02/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 02/12/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2016-17
Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2013-14
Health, Superseded 11/04/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term
Used as Numerator

National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Percentage completed within four hours, 2014  National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21b-Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion completed within four hours, 2014 Health, Superseded 14/01/2015

National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: Admission to hospital from emergency departments Health, Standard 15/06/2012

National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: National Emergency Access Target Health, Standard 21/11/2013

National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: Unplanned re-attendances to the emergency department within 48 hours of previous attendances Health, Standard 07/08/2014

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2012, KPI16-Percentage of all emergency department presentations who have physically left the emergency department within four hours, 2012 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2013, KPI??-Percentage of all emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2013 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2013, KPI??-Percentage of emergency department did not wait presentations, 2013 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

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 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

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 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2013, KPI??-Time until most admitted patients (90%) departed emergency department, 2013 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2013, KPI??-Total time (hours) spent by ambulance presentations in offload delay, 2013 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Percentage of all emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Percentage of emergency department did not wait presentations, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Percentage of patients with transfer of care completed within 15 and 30 minutes, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Percentage of triage 1 emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Percentage of triage 2 emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Time until most admitted patients (90%) departed emergency department, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Total time (hours) spent by ambulance presentations in offload delay, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Used as Denominator

National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: Unplanned re-attendances to the emergency department within 48 hours of previous attendances Health, Standard 07/08/2014

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2012, KPI16-Percentage of all emergency department presentations who have physically left the emergency department within four hours, 2012 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2013, KPI??-Percentage of all emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2013 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2013, KPI??-Percentage of emergency department did not wait presentations, 2013 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

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 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

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 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Percentage of all emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Percentage of emergency department did not wait presentations, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Percentage of patients with transfer of care completed within 15 and 30 minutes, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Percentage of triage 1 emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016

Service Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: 2014, Percentage of triage 2 emergency department presentations seen within the recommended triage time, 2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/12/2016