Patients Who Left Without Being Seen (LWBS) by an Emergency Department Doctor
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients who chose to leave the emergency department without being seen by an emergency department doctor.
Numerator
Number of patients that left without being seen (LWBS) during the reporting period.
Denominator
Number of all emergency department visits during the reporting period.
Exclusions
Patients who left the emergency department against medical advice (i.e., patients who decide to leave the emergency department after they had been assessed by a physician, but prior to treatment, and against medical advice) are not included in this measure.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By hospital and hospital type (large urban trauma, large urban, medium urban, children's).
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
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