Total time spent in emergency department for admitted patients (in hours), using the 90th percentile and/or 50th percentile.

The 90th and/or 50th percentile of the time interval between the earlier of triage date/time or registration date/time and the date/time when a patient is admitted and leaves the emergency department.

This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is people presenting to the emergency department who are admitted (inferred).

Scheduled emergency visits; Non-admitted unscheduled emergency visits; Visits with both unknown/invalid registration and triage date/time OR with unknown/invalid patient left Emergency Department date/time.

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Peer group.

National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS): national database designed to capture information on client visits to facility- and community-based ambulatory care. Data about visits is collected at the time of service in participating facilities.

CIHI website webtools: Quickstats (available to public), Your Health System: In Depth (available to public) and Your Health System: Insight (available to available to health care organisations, including hospitals, health regions and ministries/departments of health).

www.cihi.ca/en/indicators/total-time-spent-in-emergency-department-for-admitted-patients-90-spent-less-in-hours