Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Time patient presents
METEOR identifier:	684603
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023
Definition:	The time at which a patient presents for the delivery of an emergency department service, expressed as hhmm.
Data Element Concept:	Emergency department stay—presentation time
Value Domain:	Time hhmm

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Time
Data type:	Date/Time
Format:	hhmm
Maximum character length:	4

Source and reference attributes
Reference documents:	Standards Australia 2007. AS ISO 8601-2007 Data elements and interchange formats—Information interchange—Representation of dates and times. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	The time of patient presentation at the emergency department is the time of first recorded contact with an emergency department staff member. The first recorded contact can be the commencement of the clerical registration or triage process, whichever happens first.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	National Institution Based Ambulatory Model Reference Group
Origin:	National Health Data Committee
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 25/05/2020 Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023 Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023 Is used in the formation of Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length, total minutes NNNNN Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023 See also Health service event—presentation time, hhmm Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Allied health non-admitted patient emergency department NBPDS Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Emergency department presentation related data elements (TDLU) cluster Tasmanian Health, Standard 18/05/2021 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Retired 19/11/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Tasmanian Emergency Department Data Set - 2020 Tasmanian Health, Standard 15/06/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021
Implementation in Indicators:	Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.7–Waiting times for emergency department care: percentage of patients whose length of emergency department stay is 4 hours or less, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.7–Waiting times for emergency department care: percentage of patients whose length of emergency department stay is 4 hours or less, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.7–Waiting times for emergency department care: percentage of patients whose length of emergency department stay is 4 hours or less, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.7–Waiting times for emergency department care: percentage of patients whose length of emergency department stay is 4 hours or less, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.8–Waiting times for emergency department care: time spent in the emergency department, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.8–Waiting times for emergency department care: time spent in the emergency department, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.8–Waiting times for emergency department care: time spent in the emergency department, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.8–Waiting times for emergency department care: time spent in the emergency department, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21b–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21b–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21b–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21b–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21b–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours, 2022 Health, Standard 24/09/2021 Used as Denominator Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.7–Waiting times for emergency department care: percentage of patients whose length of emergency department stay is 4 hours or less, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.7–Waiting times for emergency department care: percentage of patients whose length of emergency department stay is 4 hours or less, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.7–Waiting times for emergency department care: percentage of patients whose length of emergency department stay is 4 hours or less, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.7–Waiting times for emergency department care: percentage of patients whose length of emergency department stay is 4 hours or less, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21b–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21b–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21b–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21b–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21b–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion of patients whose length of emergency department stay is less than or equal to four hours, 2022 Health, Standard 24/09/2021