Emergency department stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Emergency department presentation date
METEOR identifier:	684848
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023
Definition:	The date on which a patient/client presents for the delivery of an emergency department service, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Data Element Concept:	Emergency department stay—presentation date
Value Domain:	Date DDMMYYYY

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Date
Data type:	Date/Time
Format:	DDMMYYYY
Maximum character length:	8

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	The date of patient presentation at the emergency department is the date 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.
Comments:	Required to identify commencement of a visit and for calculation of waiting times.
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Related metadata references:	Supersedes Emergency department stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023 Is used in the formation of Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length, total minutes NNNNN Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023 See also Health service event—presentation date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 01/03/2005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Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Emergency department presentation related data elements (TDLU) cluster Tasmanian Health, Superseded 13/11/2023 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care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, Superseded 22/11/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Tasmanian Emergency Department Data Set - 2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/11/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Tasmanian Emergency Department Data Set - 2022 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/11/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023
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