Percentage of Patient Transfers From Ambulance to Emergency Department Within 40 Minutes

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Victorian Agency for Health Information: Victorian Health Services Performance
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Access / Waiting Times

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of patient transfers from ambulance to emergency department within 40 minutes.

Numerator

Number of patient transfers from ambulance to Emergency Department within 40 minutes.

Denominator

The total number of all patients arriving at an emergency department via ambulance.

Exclusions

Non-emergency patient transports and Victorian Virtual Emergency Department presentations.

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
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
Daily
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods

Reported on Victorian Agency for Health Information website.

Reporting Frequency
Quarterly
Reporting Frequency in Days
91
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

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
12 March 2025