90th Percentile Waiting Times (Days) for a New Case Specialist Appointment
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
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Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Number of days that 90% of patients waited for their initial specialist outpatient appointment. After receiving a valid referral from a GP, clinicians will give the patient a clinical urgency category depending on the urgency of their condition and place them on the outpatient waiting list. There are three urgency categories, where 1 is most urgent and 3 is least urgent.
Numerator
Number of days that 90% of patients waited for their initial specialist outpatient appointment. After receiving a valid referral from a GP, clinicians will give the patient a clinical urgency category depending on the urgency of their condition and place them on the outpatient waiting list. There are three urgency categories, where 1 is most urgent and 3 is least urgent.
Denominator
This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is people waiting for their initial specialist outpatient appointment (inferred).
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
By specialty.