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Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termOverdue patient status
METEOR identifier:Help on this term684818
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
Definition:Help on this term

Whether the wait time of a patient on an elective surgery waiting list has exceeded the time that has been determined as clinically desirable in relation to the urgency category to which they have been assigned, as represented by a code.

Context:Help on this term

Elective surgery

Data Element Concept:Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Overdue patient
2Other

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

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 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.

Comments:Help on this term

The number and proportion of overdue patients represent a measure of the hospital's performance in the provision of elective hospital care.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 16/06/2020
Has been superseded by Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 16/06/2020
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 03/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at a census date), total days N[NNN]
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 16/06/2020
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at removal), total days N[NNN]
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 15/02/2019
  • Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 16/06/2020
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time at a census date, total days N[NNN]
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time at removal, total days N[NNN]
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Elective surgery waiting times cluster
ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Elective surgery waiting times cluster
Health, Superseded 18/12/2019

Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2018-19
ACT Health (retired), Candidate 03/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2019–20
Health, Superseded 18/12/2019

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


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