Emergency department stay—waiting time, total minutes NNNNN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Emergency department waiting time to clinical care commencement |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 746119 |
Registration status:![]() | Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023 |
Definition:![]() | The time elapsed in minutes for each patient from presentation in the emergency department to the commencement of the emergency department non-admitted clinical care. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Emergency department stay—waiting time |
Value Domain:![]() | Total minutes NNNNN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class:![]() | Total | |
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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 department from the date and time the emergency department 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 a Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—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'. |
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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 department, this service may be provided by a nurse. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Emergency department stay—waiting time (to commencement of clinical care), total minutes NNNNN Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023 Is formed using Emergency department stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023 Is formed using Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023 Is formed using Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023 Is formed using Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement time, hhmm Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 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 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N is recorded as:
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 07/02/2023 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 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N is recorded as:
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 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 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N is recorded as:
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