Duration waited by patients (in minutes) from arrival to the commencement of clinical care, in public hospital emergency departments. Calculated as the median and 90th percentile length of time.

Number of minutes to commencement of clinical care.

This is calculated as the median minutes and and 50th and 90th percentile minutes waited.

Records are excluded from both the numerator and denominator if the episode end status is either 'Did not wait to be attended by a health care professional', or 'Dead on arrival', or 'Registered, advised of another health care service, and left the emergency department without being attended by a health care professional' or if the waiting time to service is invalid.

None

By triage category, state/territory, hospital and Local Health Network.

Non-admitted patient emergency department care national minimum data set (NAPEDC NMDS)

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