Emergency Department Wait Time for Physician Initial Assessment
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The time interval between the earlier of Triage Date/Time or Registration Date/Time and Date/Time of Physician Initial Assessment in the Emergency Department (ED).
Numerator
Number of hours within which patients stay in the ED until they are initially assessed by a physician. Reported as the 50th and 90th percentiles (maximum length of stay for 50% and 90% of patients).
Denominator
This indicator is reported as a maximum length of time for a proportion of all emergency visits.
Exclusions
Scheduled emergency visits, unscheduled emergency visits with Visit Disposition = 61 (leave post-registration) and 63 (left after triage), both registration and triage date/time are unknown, or physician assessment date/time is unknown.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By peer group and reporting level: National, Province/Territory, Region, Facility, Corporation.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Online tool: Your Health System