Emergency service stay—waiting time, total minutes NNNNN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Emergency service waiting time to clinical care commencement
METEOR identifier:	745735
Registration status:	Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Definition:	The time elapsed in minutes for each patient from presentation in the emergency service to the commencement of the emergency service non-admitted clinical care.
Data Element Concept:	Emergency service stay—waiting time
Value Domain:	Total minutes NNNNN

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Total
Data type:	Number
Format:	NNNNN
Maximum character length:	5
Unit of measure:	Minute (m)

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	Calculated by subtracting the date and time the patient presents to the emergency service from the date and time the emergency service non-admitted clinical care commenced. Although triage category 1 is measured in seconds, it is recognised that the data will not be collected with this precision. This data element should not be completed for patients who have an Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N of ‘Did not wait to be attended by a health care professional’ or 'Registered, advised of another health care service, and left the emergency department without being attended by a health care professional'.
Comments:	It is recognised that at times of extreme urgency or multiple synchronous presentations, or if no medical officer is on duty in the emergency service, this service may be provided by a nurse.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Is formed using Emergency service stay—clinical care commencement date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Is formed using Emergency service stay—clinical care commencement time, hhmm Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Is formed using Emergency service stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Is formed using Emergency service stay—presentation time, hhmm Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Emergency service care NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N is recorded as: Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward); Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital; Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission; Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency service episode was completed; Code 6 - Died in emergency service. Emergency service care NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Superseded 06/12/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N is recorded as: Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward); Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital; Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission; Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency service episode was completed; Code 6 - Died in emergency service. Emergency service care NBEDS 2024–25 Health, Standard 06/12/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N is recorded as: Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward); Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital; Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission; Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency service episode was completed; Code 6 - Died in emergency service.