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National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Patients who received their surgery within clinically recommended times 2012-13

Indicator Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termProgress measure
Short name:Help on this termPatients who received their surgery within clinically recommended times 2012-13
METEOR identifier:Help on this term532935
Registration status:Help on this term
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Description:Help on this term

The percentage of patients who received their elective surgery within the clinically recommended time.

Indicator set:Help on this term

National Health Performance Authority: Hospital performance: 2011-16
National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

Collection and usage attributes

Computation description:Help on this term

The percentage of patients who received elective surgery within the clinically recommended time. 

Computation:Help on this term

100 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

Waiting times are calculated for patients whose reason for removal was:

  1. Admitted as an elective patient for awaited procedure by or on behalf of this hospital or the state/territory or
  2. Admitted as emergency patient for awaited procedure by or on behalf of this hospital or the state/territory

The calculation of waiting time excludes:

  • any days the patient was waiting with a less urgent elective surgery urgency category than their urgency category at removal. When a patient's urgency category changes, existing NMDS business rules will apply.
  • people who were transferred to another hospital’s elective surgery waiting list, were treated elsewhere but not on behalf of the hospital, were not contactable, died prior to receiving their surgery or declined surgery.

For the purposes of reporting, patients are reported as the final urgency category they were when treated.

Numerator:Help on this termNumber of patients who received elective surgery within the clinically recommended time.
Numerator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Establishment—organisation identifier (Australian), NNX[X]NNNNN

Data SourceHelp on this term

National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection

NMDS / DSSHelp on this term

Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2012-13

Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Elective surgery waiting list episode—reason for removal from a waiting list, code N

Data SourceHelp on this term

National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection

NMDS / DSSHelp on this term

Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2012-13

Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at removal), total days N[NNN]

Data SourceHelp on this term

National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection

NMDS / DSSHelp on this term

Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2012-13

Denominator:Help on this termNumber of patients who received elective surgery.
Denominator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Establishment—organisation identifier (Australian), NNX[X]NNNNN

Data SourceHelp on this term

National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection

NMDS / DSSHelp on this term

Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2012-13

Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Elective surgery waiting list episode—reason for removal from a waiting list, code N

Data SourceHelp on this term

National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection

NMDS / DSSHelp on this term

Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2012-13

Disaggregation:Help on this term

Hospital and elective surgery urgency category

Disaggregation data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Establishment—organisation identifier (Australian), NNX[X]NNNNN

Data SourceHelp on this term

National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection

NMDS / DSSHelp on this term

Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2012-13

Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N

Data SourceHelp on this term

National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection

NMDS / DSSHelp on this term

Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2012-13

Comments:Help on this term

The National Elective Surgery Target commenced in January 2012 with the requirement that 100% of all patients in all urgency categories will receive their surgery within clinically recommended times by 2015 for NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, and SA and by 2016 for TAS, ACT and NT. Each state and territory has a different starting point for each urgency category and, accordingly, a different target for each category for December of each year leading up to 2015 (or 2016). These targets are shown in the Table below.

 

 NSWVICQLDWASATASACTNT
URGENCY CATEGORY 1 (%)
 Target period92.3100.083.087.487.575.491.879.1
 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012  96.0100.089.094.094.084.095.083.0
 1 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2013 100.0100.0100.0100.0100.092.097.090.0
 1 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 2014100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
 1 Jan 2015 to 31 Dec 2015100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
 1 Jan 2016 to 31 Dec 2016     100.0100.0100.0
URGENCY CATEGORY 2 (%)
 Baseline86.672.574.879.287.659.344.156.9
 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 201290.075.081.084.091.067.055.059.0
 1 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 201393.080.087.090.094.076.066.069.0
 1 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 201497.088.094.095.097.084.078.077.0
 1 Jan 2015 to 31 Dec 2015100.0100.0100.0100.0100.092.089.088.0
 1 Jan 2016 to 31 Dec 2016     100.0100.0100.0
URGENCY CATEGORY 3 (%)
 Baseline89.491.988.197.295.576.876.981.6
 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 201292.093.091.098.097.081.082.084.0
 1 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 201395.094.594.099.098.086.086.087.0
 1 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 201497.097.097.099.099.091.091.089.0
 1 Jan 2015 to 31 Dec 2015100.0100.0100.0100.0100.095.095.091.0
 1 Jan 2016 to 31 Dec 2016     100.0100.0100.0

Source: COAG Reform Council. February 2013. Matrix of performance information: National Partnership on Improving Public Hospital Services.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termPercentage
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termPerson
Format:Help on this termNN.N

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Help on this termPAF-Effectiveness of access

PAF-Equity of access

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Accountability attributes

Other issues caveats:Help on this term

Waiting time is calculated by states and territories by subtracting the listing date for care from the removal date, minus any days the patient was not ready for care and/or waiting with a less urgent clinical urgency category than their clinical urgency category at removal.

There are inconsistencies in application of urgency categories between and within states and territories which impact on the comparability of results.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Patients who received their surgery within clinically recommended times 2011-12
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Superseded 28/05/2014
Has been superseded by National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Percentage of patients who received their surgery within clinically recommended times, 2014
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—indicator procedure, code NN
  • Health, Superseded 13/12/2011
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at removal), total days N[NNN]
  • Health, Superseded 13/12/2011
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