Emergency department stay—waiting time

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element Concept
METEOR identifier:Help on this term746117
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Definition:Help on this term

The time elapsed for each patient from presentation in the emergency department to the commencement of the emergency department non-admitted clinical care.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:Emergency department stay
Definition:Help on this termThe period between when a patient presents at an emergency department and when that person is recorded as having physically departed the emergency department.
Context:Help on this termEmergency department care.
Specialisation of:Help on this termService/care event

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:Waiting time
Definition:Help on this termThe time elapsed between a service request and a subsequent administrative or service event.
Property group:Help on this termPerformance indicators

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Emergency department stay—waiting time (to commencement of clinical care)
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 08/12/2016
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:Help on this term
Emergency department stay—waiting time, total minutes NNNNN
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021