Admission Wait Time
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Hospital Care
Country
England
Publishing Organisation
National Health Service (NHS) and Care Quality Commission: Adult Inpatient Survey
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Consumer Experience
Defining Attributes
Definition
How did you feel about the length of time you were on the waiting list before your administration to hospital? Answer options: I did not mind waiting as long as I did, I would like to have been admitted a bit sooner, I would have liked to be admitted a lot sooner.
Numerator
A subset of the denominator that represents patients aged 16 and older who responded to the question about waiting list time.
Denominator
Patients aged 16 and older who responded to questions regarding wait time before hospital admission.
Exclusions
Admitted to maternity or psychiatric units, did not stay overnight.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments
Age, sex and method of admission (emergency or elective)
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
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
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
31 March 2026
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Date Modified 08 April 2026