Maximum length of time that 50% of emergency department attendances waited for transfer of care to occur.

Median transfer of care time (length of time between the arrival of an ambulance at a hospital Emergency Department and the time that the patient is transferred from the care of the St. John Ambulance Australia crew to the care of the Emergency Department staff).

This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is people transferred from ambulance to Emergency Department (inferred).

Data in the Emergency Department dashboards is extracted from the Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC), which is managed by the Purchasing and System Performance Division at the WA Department of Health and contains data from a range of different patient information systems. The Emergency Department dashboards include data from public hospitals and contracted health entities within the WA health system that operate an Emergency Department with 24-hour medical staffing. Very small country hospitals and nursing posts are excluded from the reports. Data related to ambulance arrivals and transfer of care times is provided by St. John Ambulance Australia.

Government of Western Australia, Department of Health Emergency Department Monthly Report - dashboard on website.

Guide to interpreting Emergency Department Dashboards www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Files/Corporate/Reports-and-publications/Emergency-activity/ED-Guide-for-Interpretation.pdf

Emergency Department Monthly Report www.health.wa.gov.au/Reports-and-publications/Emergency-Department-activity/Emergency-Department-Monthly-Report