Person—medical specialist waiting time dissatisfaction indicator, yes/no code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Medical specialist waiting time dissatisfaction indicator
METEOR identifier:	556909
Registration status:	National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Definition:	An indicator of whether a person was dissatisfied about the waiting time for an appointment with a medical specialist, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—medical specialist waiting time dissatisfaction indicator

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Boolean

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Participants in the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Patient Experience Survey 2011–12 who felt they waited longer than acceptable to get an appointment with a medical specialist.

Population is limited to persons aged 15 years and over.

CODE 1 Yes

Record if person was dissatisfied.

CODE 2 No

Record if person was not dissatisfied.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

National Health Performance Authority