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Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm

Definition

The time at which the patient presents for the delivery of an emergency department service, expressed as hhmm.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Time hhmm ".
Data Type Date/Time
Format hhmm
Maximum character length 4

Comments

Guide for use:
The time of patient presentation at the emergency department is the time of first recorded contact with an emergency department staff member. The first recorded contact can be the commencement of the clerical registration or triage process, whichever happens first.

Origin:
National Health Data Committee

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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Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 5
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 9
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0