Emergency department stay—presentation date, YYYY
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Emergency department presentation date YYYY |
| METEOR identifier: | 744134 |
| Registration status: | Tasmanian Health, Superseded 06/11/2023 |
| Definition: | The date on which a patient/client presents for the delivery of an emergency department service, expressed as YYYY. |
| Data Element Concept: | Emergency department stay—presentation date |
| Value Domain: | Date YYYY |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Date | |
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| Data type: | Date/Time | |
| Format: | YYYY | |
| Maximum character length: | 4 | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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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. |
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| Comments: | Required to identify commencement of a visit and for calculation of waiting times. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Department of Health Tasmania |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—presentation date, YYYY Tasmanian Health, Standard 06/11/2023 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Emergency department presentation related data elements (TDLU) cluster Tasmanian Health, Superseded 13/11/2023 |