Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N
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Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Overdue patient |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 599651 |
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Definition:![]() | Whether or not a patient is an overdue patient, as represented by a code. |
Context:![]() | Elective surgery |
Data Element Concept: | Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status |
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Representation class:![]() | Code | ||||||
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Data type:![]() | Number | ||||||
Format:![]() | N | ||||||
Maximum character length:![]() | 1 | ||||||
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Guide for use:![]() | This metadata item is required for patients in all Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N categories. Overdue patients are those for whom the hospital system has failed to provide timely care and whose wait may have an adverse effect on the outcome of their care. They are identified by a comparison of Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at removal), total days N[NNN] or Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at a census date), total days N[NNN] and the maximum desirable time limit for the clinical urgency category. A patient is classified as overdue if ready for surgery and waiting time at admission or waiting time at a census date is longer than 30 days for patients in clinical urgency category 1, 90 days for patients in clinical urgency category 2, or 365 days for patients in clinical urgency category 3. | ||||||
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Related metadata references:![]() | See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N
Has been superseded by Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N
Supersedes Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N
Is formed using Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at a census date), total days N[NNN]
Is formed using Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at removal), total days N[NNN]
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() All attributes + |
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