Median Patient Transfer Time From Ambulance to Emergency Department in Minutes
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
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
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD) - comprises de-identified demographic, administrative and clinical data detailing presentations at Victorian public hospitals with designated emergency departments 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
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Victorian Agency for Health Information website.