Median Patient Transfer Time From Ambulance to Emergency Department in Minutes
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Victorian Agency for Health Information (VAHI): Victorian Health Services Performance
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Access / Waiting Times
Defining Attributes
Definition
Median patient transfer time from ambulance to Emergency Department (in minutes)
Numerator
Median time that it takes from when an ambulance arrives at an emergency department, to the time the patient is transferred to the hospital and handover is complete.
Denominator
This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is patients arriving at an emergency department via ambulance (inferred).
Exclusions
Non-emergency patient transports and Victorian Virtual Emergency Department presentations
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset - comprises de-identified demographic, administrative and clinical data detailing presentations at Victorian public hospitals with designated emergency departments
Frequency of Data Collection
All Victorian hospitals are required to submit data to the VEMD every business day and all presentations for the month without errors should be submitted by the 10th day of the following month.
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods
Victorian Agency for Health Information website
Reporting Frequency
Quarterly
Reporting Frequency in Days
91
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025