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Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status

Definition

An overdue patient is one whose wait has exceeded the time that has been determined as clinically desirable in relation to the urgency category to which they have been assigned.

Components

Data Element
Implemented in 2 data elements

Comments

Context:

Elective surgery:

The numbers and proportions of overdue patients represent a measure of the hospital's performance in the provision of elective hospital care.

References


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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Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept 2