Emergency service stay—presentation time, hhmm
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Emergency service presentation time |
| METEOR identifier: | 745730 |
| Registration status: |
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| Definition: | The time at which a patient presents to an emergency service for the delivery of a service, expressed as hhmm. |
| Data Element Concept: | Emergency service stay—presentation time |
Value domain attributes | |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Time |
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| Data type: | Date/Time |
| Format: | hhmm |
| Maximum character length: | 4 |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2019. Date and time -- Representations for information interchange AS ISO 8061-1:2019 and 8061-2:2019, Standards Australia, NSW |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | The time of patient presentation at the emergency service is the time of first recorded contact with an emergency service 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: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Is used in the formation of Emergency service stay—service episode length, total minutes NNNNN
Is used in the formation of Emergency service stay—waiting time, total minutes NNNNN
See also Emergency service stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY
See also Health service event—presentation time, hhmm
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 Health, Standard 07/02/2023 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 |