Elective surgery waiting list episode—extended wait patient indicator (Data Element Concept)

Elective surgery waiting list episode—extended wait patient indicator

Type: Data Element Concept
Identifiers: UUID - 67363598-158c-11e7-803e-0242ac110017; meteor:meteor/269479/
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Stewardship Organisation: Aristotle Demo Organisation
Endorsed by: Health : Standard on March 1, 2005

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Created: 07 March 2015
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Definition

A patient with the lowest level of clinical urgency for an awaited procedure who has been on the waiting list for elective surgery for more than one year.

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Elective surgery waiting list episode—extended wait patient indicator
- Object Class
  Elective surgery waiting list episode
- Property
  Extended wait patient indicator
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Context:

Elective surgery:

The numbers and proportions of patients with extended waits are measures of hospital performance in relation to patient access to elective hospital care.

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This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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